Hirst 'sorry' for rotting remains

"There was a big lump of something that looked like a cow"
Damien Hirst is to apologise after rotting animal remains were left
outside his studio in Chalford over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
The parts - thought to be from a cow - were supposed to have been picked
up on Friday 28 May but were not removed until Tuesday 1 June.
A spokeswoman for the artist said: "He will be apologising. It shouldn't
have happened but it's now been dealt with." She blamed a "mix-up in
communications" for the late removal of the remains.
'Absolutely vile'
Trading Standards officers from Gloucestershire County Council were
called in to investigate after people living close to the artist's
studios on the Chalford Industrial Estate reported a bad smell.
"On Sunday the stench was so bad we couldn't open any of the windows and
I decided I had to do something about it," said Charles Eagles.
"As I walked towards the box the smell just got stronger and there were
loads of flies.
"When I opened up the lid it was revolting - it was like something out
of a horror film. There was a big lump of something that looked like a
cow. It was absolutely vile."
A spokesman for Gloucestershire County Council said: "Trading standards
officers removed the remains and took them to approved premises for
incineration on Tuesday.
"Investigations are ongoing to see if any breach of regulations was
made."
Damien Hirst, a Turner Prize winner is widely known for displaying dead
animals in tanks of formaldehyde.
Hirst says sorry about dead cow
04 June 2004

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LONDON: Artist Damien Hirst, who uses dead animals in his work, has
promised to apologise after a rotting cow was left outside his studio
over a long holiday weekend.
Inspectors visited the studio in Gloucestershire over the weekend and
took the putrid remains of an animal away to incinerate them, after
neighbours complained about the horrible smell.
A spokeswoman at Hirst's studio confirmed that the remains were those of
a dead cow.
"It was at the rear of the studio in a plastic-contained bin," she said.
"It's a communication mix-up between the contractor who was collecting
it and a member of staff. So it was left over the bank holiday weekend,
which was very unfortunate."
She said Hirst planned to apologise for leaving the dead animal out. She
would not say what the artist had used it for.
The artist won the Turner Prize in 1995 for Mother and Child, Divided,
which featured an adult cow and a baby calf, each split in half, pickled
in formaldehyde and displayed in glass tanks.
Local authorities in Gloucestershire said they were investigating to see
whether any regulations were broken when the animal was left in the
street.