Damien Hirst

What Goes Up Must Come Down, 1994

 
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Data

What Goes Up Must Come Down
1994
Diameter: 300 x 300 mm | 11.8 x 11.8 in | Edition of 30 + 15 APs for Parkett 40
Plexiglass, hairdryer and ping-pong ball
Image: Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012

Exhibitions

Relics
Solo Exhibition - 2013
ALRIWAQ, Qatar Museums Authority, Doha, Qatar
Damien Hirst
Solo Exhibition - 2012
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom

Context

‘What Goes Up Must Come Down’, a ping-pong ball floats in the air supported by a jet of air coming from a hairdryer, was produced for the magazine ‘Parkett’ in 1994. The work is part of the ‘Mental Escapology’ series, a ping-pong ball floats in the air supported by a jet of air coming from a hairdryer.