Damien Hirst U. K. , b. 1965
Damien Hirst is a contemporary artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He often cited as a key member of the Young British Artists (YBAs), who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.
Death is a central theme in the artist's ouevre. He gained notoriety for a series of artworks in which dead and dissected animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved in formaldehyde. The most widely recognised work of these was The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a clear display case. Hirst has also made "spin paintings", created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured c created by his assistants.
Since the late 1980’s, Hirst has used a varied practise of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Explaining: “Art’s about life and it can’t really be about anything else ... there isn’t anything else,” Hirst’s work investigates and challenges contemporary belief systems, and dissects the tensions and uncertainties at the heart of human experience.
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Damien HirstForever (small), 2020Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
39 x 39cmEdition of 2573 -
Damien HirstFruitful (large), 2020Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel digitally signed by the artist on the back78 x 78 cmEdition of 1928
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Damien HirstRyoanji [H4-7], 2020Diasec-mounted giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Signed by the artist and numbered, on verso92 x 126 cmEdition of 75 + 5 AP -
Damien HirstSans Souci [H4-1], 2018Giclée print mounted with diasec on aluminium panel
Signed by the artist and numbered, on verso92 x 126 cmEdition of 75 + 5 AP -
Damien HirstMescaline Lenticular, 2014Digital lenticular print on PETG plastic, framed57cm x 57cmEdition of 100
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Damien HirstThe Rape of Persephone, 2013Gravure print27.0 x 27.0 in
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Damien HirstHope, 2012Gravure print on paper52.0 x 52.0 cm
20.47 x 20.47 in
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Damien HirstFerric Ammonium Citrate, 2011Woodcut on Somerset Paper6.10 x 15.16 in
15.5 x 38.5 cmEdition of 55 -
Damien HirstQuinizarin, 2011Woodcut on Somerset White Paper.20.6 x 50.8 cmEdition of 40
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Damien HirstBeautiful Inside My Head Forever, 2008Gravure print24.0 x 20.47 in
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Damien HirstIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, 2004Gravure print21.5 x 21.5 in
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Damien HirstTetrahydrocannabinol, 2004Single Spot etching, signed by the artist on the front and numbered on the reverse of the sheet111.2 x 200.6 cmEdition of 115
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Tales from the Colony Room: Art and Bohemia
15 Sep - 20 Dec 2020Tales from the Colony recounts the genesis of the modern and contemporary art scene that was cultivated by the artists who passed through the doors of the Colony Rooms, the infamous private members club for artists and writers in London. The exhibition presents works of art by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, R. B. Kitaj, F. N. Souza, Frank Auerbach, John Deakin, Daniel Farson, Bruce Bernard, Nina Hamnett, Isabel Rawsthorne, Michael Clark, Sir Peter Blake, Eduardo Paolozzi, Patrick Caulfield, Darren Coffield, Daniel Chadwick, Amelia Troubridge, David Bailey, Sarah Lucas, Maggi Hambling, and many more Modern and Contemporary British artists.Read more -
Lasting Impressions
5 Mar - 1 May 2020Dellasposa Gallery presents original limited edition prints by Pablo Picasso, Robert Motherwell, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley, Anish Kapoor, Hiroshi Sugimoto, John Stezaker, Zhang Xiaogang, Darren Coffield, Dean + James, Ben Eine, Shepard Fairey, Cleon Peterson and Daniel Arsham.Read more