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What is Damien Hirst famous for?
Damien Hirst is famous for creating sculptures out of found objects. One of his most well-known works is For the Love of God, a human skull encrusted with genuine diamonds. You may also recognize the colorful spot paintings that he began creating in the late 1980s. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Damien Hirst art.
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DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper Size: 21.5 x 30 cm Conditi...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

DAMIEN HIRST - THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA - Limited edition Contemporary Modern
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter. Edition number: 1226/3315 (1.566 physical + 1.7...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen

H9-1 Justice
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst "Justice" H9-1, from "The Virtues" series. A laminated Giclée print on aluminium panel. Produced in 2021. Edition 515 of 1005. Hand signed and numbered on verso label by...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

H9-1 Justice
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Politeness (The Virtues) Damien Hirst Cherry Blossom Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Politeness - Cherry Blossom, 2021 Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 120.1 × 96 × 0.1 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 × 1/50 in) Edition of 1549 Hand-signed and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée, Panel

Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed.
By Damien Hirst
Located in Paris, FR
HIRST Damien (1965 - ) Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed. Provenance : DTR Modern Gallery, New York. About Damien Hirst (Artist) 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 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...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Butterfly Spin Painting, 2009 acrylic paint on paper painting by Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Hong Kong, HK

Damien Hirst (1965) Butterfly Spin Painting (2009) acrylic and metallic paint on paper 21 h × 27 w in (53 × 69 cm) Signed and stamped with Damien Hirst's studio's blindstamp; st...

Category

Early 2000s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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