Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha, Qatar, came into the spotlight when British artist Damien Hirst unveiled a fourteen towering fetus sculptures right in front of it. Entitled “The Miraculous Journey”, this is Hirst’s first solo show in the Middle East, which embodies a huge bronze artwork chart of human gestation. Starting with a 5 meter tall sculpture illustrating the fertilization of the egg in the womb, the sculptures evolve through to show the baby’s growth and finish with an 11 meter tall fully-formed child. Explaining his creative influence, Hirst said: “Ultimately, the journey a baby goes through before birth is bigger than anything it will experience in its human life. I hope the sculpture will instill in the viewer a sense of awe and wonder at this extraordinary human process, which will soon be occurring in the Sidra Medical Center, as well as every second all across the globe.”
All images © Penny Yi Wang
via Damien Hirst
