It is with great pleasure that the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska, Paul Stolper Gallery and the British Council announce the opening of the exhibition “New Religion" by the British artist Damien Hirst at the MSURS on 17 March 2016. Hirst, a winner of the coveted Turner Prize, is one of the world’s most influential, innovative and successful artists.

The exhibition is the result of Hirst’s cooperation with Paul Stolper Gallery in London in 2005, where it was first shown, followed by the All Hallows Church and the Victoria & Аlbert Museum in London. It has since been staged at major museums in Venice, Moscow, Athens, Thessaloniki, Oslo and Gdansk and will arrive in Banja Luka from Poland, where it has been on display for several months, drawing a lot of public attention. The MSURS exhibition in Banja Luka will be the first time “New Religion" has been presented in Southeastern Europe.

Hirst’s “New Religion" sets us thinking about four things that matter about human life – religion, love, art and science, which are merely instruments that help us find our own path in life, according to the artist. Exploring these universal themes, Hirst sets religion against science in his exhibition, involving them in a discussion, in their typically perceived roles. This debate is on the one hand mindful, intimate and warm, in the spirit of religious and metaphysical connotations, and analytically cold and off-putting on the other, as influenced by the atmosphere and emotions connected to the medical profession.

As the only venue in Bosnia and Herzegovina that meets the high professional standards required for the staging of “New Religion", the Museum of Conteporary Art of the Republic of Srpska has been granted the exclusive right to show this important exhibition in this part of the world.

This project is being implemented in association with the British Council and Paul Stolper Gallery in London, and it marks the 20th anniversary of the work of the British Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project celebrates and strengthens ties between Great Britain and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of culture and art.

The exhibition was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska and the City of Banja Luka.

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