If Damien Hirst didn\'t exist, David Lynch might have created him for celluloid. Like the character in Blue Velvet who picks up a severed ear and examines it with profound morbidity and a sense of wonder, Hirst is said to have mused over the idea of having his hand removed, displayed and quickly photographed, before having it surgically reattached. It\'s a strange world and Hirst is always happy to prove it. He has installed a fluffy white lamb in formaldehyde (\'Away From the Flock,\' 1994), suspended a steel ball in mid-air (\'And Still Pursuing Impossible Dreams,\' 1995), which from photographs really just looks like a rubber beachball... Trompe L\'Oeil takes on a whole new meaning.
