Baltic first for Damien Hirst exploring preventative; BRIT ART FAVOURITE'S DEBUT SHOW ON TYNESIDE.Byline: LINDA RICHARDS BRIT Art favourite Damien Hirst is bringing his wacky world to Tyneside. The controversial artist is transforming the Baltic's Level 2 space into a pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. for his show. The star of the celebrity art circuit's installation is an apparently functioning pharmacy, complete with counter and floor to ceiling cabinets holding preparations and drugs. Baltic said it explores the unquestioning confidence society places in modern medicine offering an insight into our reliance on medicine as a belief system centred on death. Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene since the 1990s helping him amass a fortune. Pharmacy is sponsored by Newcastle University's Medical School which is celebrating its 175 year anniversary. Professor Chris Day Chris Day (born Walthamstow, London July 28, 1975) is a goalkeeper currently playing for Millwall. Day started his career at Tottenham Hotspur as a trainee, but made only one league appearance for them before transferring to First Division Crystal Palace for £22,500 shortly , Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the university's Faculty PHARMDamien of Medical Sciences, said: "By bringing art and medicine together, visitors are made to think about medical treatments and what they mean to their own healthcare. "A lot of the work we're doing is about helping people make healthier life choices and exploring preventative medicine rather than relying on drug-related treatment and this exhibition we hope, will stimulate that debate in the North East. CY: Hirst. "Over the years, Newcastle Medical School has challenged and pushed the boundaries of medical science through our teaching and research and this exhibition continues that tradition. "Supporting Pharmacy, by one of the UK's foremost contemporary artists is an exciting step and a fitting celebration of 175 years of medical excellence." Visitors to the Gateshead riverside gallery will be the judge it it's a bitter pill to swallow swallow, common name for small perching birds of almost worldwide distribution. There are about 100 species of swallows, including the martins, which belong to the same family. Swallows have long, narrow wings, forked tails, and weak feet. or just the tonic tonic, in music: see harmony; key; scale; tonality. when Pharmacy opens on October 24. The exhibition, on loan from the Tate, runs until February 7. Admission is free. CAPTION(S): PHARMACY: Damien Hirst GALLERY: Hirst is making his debut at the Baltic |
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