Damien Hirst

Hirst, Damien





Damien Hirst was born June 7 1965 BirthBristol, England.
Lives and works in HomeDevon, UK.

Categories: Installation art Painting Turner Prize BritArt Neo-Pop Postminimalism

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17 Works online (from ‘The Last Supper’)
Damien Hirst gets so buried under hype – his own and other people’s – that it is sometimes difficult to remember that he is just an artist…
Works in the TATE collection
For the Love of God is a life-size cast of a human skull in platinum, covered entirely by 8,601 VVS to flawless pavé-set diamonds, weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats.
Works in the MOMA collection

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Posted by Phil H August 18, 2009

Damien is, without doubt, the flagship brand of Contemporary Art in the UK.

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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new...

South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success...


James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art.
“Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon







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