Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable or The project of Damien Gerst as the focus of contemporary art self-positioning tendencies

Summary. The article presents and analyzes the large-scale exhibition of the world-famous and scandalously famous English artist Damien Hirrst, presented in the framework of the Venice Biennale 2017. It gives a brief overview of the artist›s creative path and the concept of the «Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable « project — a recent experiment in the style of the metamodernism, as well as a number of professional questions regarding the tasks and meanings of such projects.