2007
British artist Damien Hirst is widely considered the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He is the most prominent of the so-called Young British Artists, or YBAs, a group, largely composed of Hirst’s classmates at Goldsmiths, in London, that began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories after 1988 and is known for the use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics” in his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works.
In the 1990s, Hirst said, “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.” And indeed, he is notorious for piquing critics and baffling the public with such pieces as his signature glass vitrines containing dead sheep or sharks in formaldehyde, and his diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God.
Working primarily in sculpture, Hirst takes after French modernist master Marcel Duchamp in his use of ready-made objects and materials, which he combines to ironic effect. He often creates in series, as with "The Cure (Violet)" and "The Cure (Turquoise)," both from 2014, which are among several pill paintings referencing Andy Warhol’s embrace of mass production.
Belonging to Hirst's ongoing series of “spot” paintings, begun in the 1980s, the 2005 piece Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution is striking for its machinelike, industrial uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius.
In addition to making art, Hirst has launched stores that sell editioned works (Other Criteria), a restaurant (Pharmacy2) and even his own London museum (Newport Street Gallery).
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Well dressed 2 - Arman, bronze, sculpture, decorative, green, female, figure
By Arman
Located in London, GB
Pierre Arman (1928-2005) Well dressed 2 2005 bronze with green patina and coat hooks 162 x 52 x 37 cm signed on base (beside right foot) numbered 19/30 Price: £35,000 GBP Provenanc...
Bronze
Skull on the Dry lake
By Michel Ghatan
Located in London, GB
All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer.
Archival Pigment
Face to Face
By Michel Ghatan
Located in London, GB
All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer
Archival Pigment
Untitled
Located in London, GB
mixed media on wood, signed and dated ‘TUMARKIN 1960’ (on the verso)
Wood
Robert Marc - Untitled (9618), cubist, post cubism, french, painting, abstract
By Robert Marc
Located in London, GB
Robert Marc (French, 1943-1993) Untitled (9618) oil on canvas 20 x 60 cm (7⅞ x 23⅝ in.) signed ‘ROBERT MARC’ (lower centre) Price: £10,000 GBP Provenance: Estate of the Artist Foru...
Canvas, Oil
Eye 2 Eye
By Michel Ghatan
Located in London, GB
All photographs are signed and numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the photographer
Archival Pigment
Death or Glory - Glorius Skull (Cool Gold - European Gold)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foil block print Edition 2 of 2 Born in Bristol England, in 1965, Damien Hirst grew up in Leeds and studied at Goldsmiths College, London. Most notable amongst the exhibitions he curated while at college was Freeze, in 1988, in which he exhibited his work and that of his contemporaries. The exhibition is widely believed to have been the starting point of the Young British Artist Movement, and a defining moment in kick-starting cutting edge British contemporary art. Hirst’s body of work confronts the scientific, philosophical and religious aspects of human existence and includes sculpture, painting and printmaking. He has exhibited widely and was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 for The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. In 2004, Hirst collaborated with Sarah Lucas and Angus Fairhurst to exhibit recent works at Tate Britain, under the title In-a-Gadda-da-Vida. In 2006, works from the artist’s Murderme collection were exhibited at the Serpentine gallery, London: ‘In the darkest hour there may be light. ‘More recently, Hirst exhibited No Love Lost: Blue Paintings at The Wallace Collection, London, 2010; Cornucopia at Musée Océanographique de Monaco, 2010 and with Michael Joo...
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
The Hours Spin Skull 2009, Sculpture, Damien Hirst, YBAs, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Damien Hirst, The Hours Spin Skull 2009 Sculpture (Glosspaint on plastic) 19 × 12.5 × 19.5 cm (7.5 × 4.9 × 7.7 in) Titled, not signed In excellent condition. Please note: the color ...
Plastic
Damien Hirst "Diamond Skull (For the Love of God)"
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Diamond Skull (For the Love of God) Date: 2007 Medium: Screenprint with Glazes Unframed Dimensions: 39.25" x 29.5" Framed Dimensions: 40.5" x 30.5" ...
Glaze, Screen
The Hours Spin Skull Sculpture, Post-Modern, Mixed Media, 2000s
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
The skull is one of the recurring motifs in Damien Hirst’s artistic repertoire, symbolizing themes of mortality and the passage of time. In this exclusive edition, Hirst has partnere...
Plastic
Damien Hirst "The Dead - Silver Gloss/Loganberry Pink" Skull Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: The Dead - Silver Gloss/Loganberry Pink Series: The Dead Date: 2009 Medium: Color Foil Block Print on Arches Archival Paper Unframed Dimensions: 28...
Color
Eternal Sleep Glass Sculpture, Pop Art, 2010+, Signed, 8x6.5 in
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
‘Eternal Sleep’ presents a human skull, symbolizing the unyielding passage of time and the inevitability of mortality. This striking sculpture serves as a powerful statement, meticul...
Glass
Once built for curbs and handrails, these boards now hang beside blue-chip works in major museums and collectors’ homes.
Fierceness and fragility coalesce as the British artist revisits a cherished motif — the butterfly.
