A large sculpture of a pregnant woman, with half her skin removed to reveal muscles and internal organs.

Damien Hirst: The Virgin Mother

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Damien Hirst: The Virgin Mother

Damien Hirst's The Virgin Mother stands at 10 metres tall and is the tallest sculpture at YSP. A powerful presence in the landscape, it is partly inspired by the historic sculpture Little Dancer of Fourteen Years(c.1881), by Edgar Degas. Hirst deliberately makes the materials look different than they are, for example The Virgin Mother is bronze painted to look like plastic.

Visit the Country Park to see three major sculptures by Damien Hirst, which joined YSP as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International (YSI). YSI is a partnership between YSP, The Hepworth Wakefield, the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, and Leeds Art Gallery. YSI 2019 was a festival of sculpture that took place across Leeds and Wakefield from 22 June until 29 September 2019.

  • A large sculpture of a pregnant woman, with half her skin removed to reveal muscles and internal organs.
  • A large sculpture of a pregnant woman, with half her skin removed to reveal muscles and internal organs.
  • A large sculpture of a pregnant woman, with half her skin removed to reveal muscles and internal organs.

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