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Hirst Damien

Hirst Damien

((UK, 1965))

In evidence
  • Solo show at a major institution:
    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and Tate Modern, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Serpentine Galleries, Tate Britain, MCA Chicago
  • Collected by a major institution
    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and Tate, Leeum - Samsung Museum of Art.
  • Included in a major biennial:
    Venice Biennale International Exhibition, and Istanbul Biennial, Glasgow International, Yokohama Triennale
  • Group show at a major institution
    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern
  • High Auction Record
    £9.7m, Sotheby's, 2007

Damien Hirst is a British artist whose name has become synonymous with contemporary art. Since his generative work as a student at Goldsmiths School of Art, Hirst’s production has been boundary‐redefining in nature. Working primarily in installation, painting, sculpture and drawing, Hirst explores the complex relationships between art, beauty, religion, science, life and death. He constantly returns to his foundational interests and themes, which he reworks to develop an innovative visual language. Hirst consequently produces works which extract wide‐ranging visceral reactions from viewers, triggering fears of mortality, leaving them awe‐struck by beauty and inciting child‐like joy.

(an extract from: https://leviathan.heni.com/damien-hirst/ )

  • For the Love of God, Believe

    For the Love of God, Believe, 2007

    cm 32.4x24.1, Silkscreen with Glazes on thin board