An important factor that I learned from both Hurst and 21st century art is that it doesn’t matter too much about what the artist is wanting to portray in their art. They are more focused on how their admirers will interpret their artwork. In regards to Hurts my interpretation of “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” is that he wanted to show that we can physically maintain or understand death in daily life. For instance Hurst stored this shark in formaldehyde knowing that the composition of this shark will not maintain and will have to be replaced. Thus, making it impossible to physically maintaining the death composure of the shark. This is my interpretation of the artwork however someone else looking at the same
