Damien Hirst Artist

Damien Hirst was born June 7, 1965. Damien Hirst an artist, British businessman and art collector. Damien Hirst members of Young British Artists (YBAs), which dominated the arts in Britain in the 1990s. He is internationally renowned as an artist's wealthiest. his career in the 1990s associated with the collector Charles Saatchi, but the relationship ended in 2003. Death is a central theme in the works of Damien Hirst's. He became famous for his series of works of art where dead animals (including sharks, sheep and cow) are preserved-sometimes been dissected-in formaldehyde. tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine become iconic works of British art in the 1990's.

In September 2008, he took the unprecedented step for an artist. by selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's to auction. Auction exceeded all predictions, increasing 111 million pounds (198 million U.S. dollars), breaking the record for the auction and 10.3 million pounds for The Golden calf, the beast with 18-carat gold horns and nails, stored in formaldehyde.

In several instances since 1999 the work was challenged and contested as a trace, either in articles written by journalists and artists. Hirst has made certain controversial statements to the media included, following the September 11 attacks. Hirst congratulated the attackers. On September 18, 2002, he "apologized unreservedly" for comments.

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