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Taytu Betul H10-5 from The Empresses
By Damien Hirst
Laminated giclee print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter.
100 x 100 cm.
Edition of 2814.
2022.
New as issued in the original packaging.
A composition that is infused with an exhilarating sense of speed and movement, ‘Taytu Betul’ is named after the fierce empress of Ethiopia. Upon her marriage to Emperor Menelik, in 1889 Taytu Betul (c. 1851-1918) became empress of Ethiopia. She was anything but a passive ruler, unequivocally resistant to imperialism and staunchly opposed to any negotiations that would result in a loss of Ethiopian territory. During her reign, Taytu Betul also founded Addis Ababa, which remains Ethiopia’s capital city today.
