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ART & DESIGN
Damien
Hirst
“People don’t like
contemporary art, but all art
starts life as contemporary.”
– Damien Hirst
Photo by: Prudence Cuming Associates “For the Love of God” – 2007.
© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. Platinum, diamonds and human teeth.
171 x 127 x 191 mm | 6.8 x 5 x 7.5 in
The UK’s Damien Hirst is an influential figure in the Mexican attitude and adornment of death. It is meant as a reminder that
international art scene. He first gained notoriety with the our existence on earth is transient.
exhibition of his 1991 “The Physical Impossibility of Death In 2008, he skipped gallery involvement and auctioned 218 pieces
in the Mind of Someone Living”; a tiger shark preserved in at Sotheby’s. Critics were astounded when, with financial markets in
formaldehyde inside a tank. turmoil, his formaldehyde preserved animals, spin paintings and butterfly
In 2007, he unveiled the spectacular, “For the Love of God”, a platinum collages earned 198 million dollars. Hirst’s contribution to British art
cast of a skull with 8,601 flawless pavé-set diamonds at a production was recognized in 2012 with a retrospective of his work at England’s Tate
cost of 14 million pounds and a listed asking price of £50 million. Modern. He lives and works in London, Gloucestershire and Devon. His
Hirst combined classic memento mori inspired by Aztec skulls and the work is currently on display internationally. damienhirst.com
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