Hirst first experimented with spin art in 1992 at his studio in Brixton, London. The works are described by the artist as “childish … in the positive sense of the word”. Whilst the chance spontaneity of the spin paintings stands in stark contrast to the formulaic spot series, both explore the idea of an imaginary …
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- Mint
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- Hand-signed by artist, Lower right
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- Paragon Press
Damien Hirst first came to public attention in London in 1988 when he conceived and curated "Freeze," an exhibition in a disused warehouse that showed his work and that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths College. In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show (which would come to define the Young British Artists), Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation. His groundbreaking works include The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), a shark in formaldehyde; Mother and Child Divided (1993) a four-part sculpture of a bisected cow and calf; and For the Love of God (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds. In addition to his installations and sculptures, Hirst’s Spot paintings and Butterfly paintings have become universally recognized.
- High auction record
- £9.7m, Sotheby's, 2007
- Blue-chip
- Represented by internationally recognized galleries.
- Collected by major museums
- Tate, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- 2021
- Damien Hirst: Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures, Gagosian
- 2018
- Damien Hirst: Colour Space Paintings, Gagosian
- 2015
- Trittico, Fondazione Prada
Follow my leader, 2002
Hirst first experimented with spin art in 1992 at his studio in Brixton, London. The works are …
- Medium
- Condition
- Mint
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist, Lower right
- Frame
- Included
- Publisher
- Paragon Press
Damien Hirst first came to public attention in London in 1988 when he conceived and curated "Freeze," an exhibition in a disused warehouse that showed his work and that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths College. In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show (which would come to define the Young British Artists), Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation. His groundbreaking works include The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), a shark in formaldehyde; Mother and Child Divided (1993) a four-part sculpture of a bisected cow and calf; and For the Love of God (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds. In addition to his installations and sculptures, Hirst’s Spot paintings and Butterfly paintings have become universally recognized.
- High auction record
- £9.7m, Sotheby's, 2007
- Blue-chip
- Represented by internationally recognized galleries.
- Collected by major museums
- Tate, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
