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 his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works.
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 referencing Andy Warhol’s embrace of mass production.
Belonging to Hirst's ongoing series of “spot” paintings, begun in the 1980s, the 2005 piece Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution is striking for its machinelike, industrial uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius.
In addition to making art, Hirst has launched stores that sell editioned works (Other Criteria), a restaurant (Pharmacy2) and even his own London museum (Newport Street Gallery).
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In A Gadda Da Vida
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst In A Gadda Da Vida, 2004 Gravure print on paper unsigned 52.0 x 52.0 cm (21.5 x 21.5 in) unknown edition size published by Other Criter...
Digital
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Damien Hirst - Suiko [H10-4]
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Suiko [H10-4], 2022 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter. 100 x 100 cm Edition 1104 of 3310 Signed and numbered on the label on the back Purch...
Giclée
Butterfly Rainbow Heart (H7-4) (small) - Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst Butterfly Heart (H7-4) (small), 2020 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel 35.0 x 36.4 cm Edition 3494 of 3510 published by Heni. comes with original Hen...
Giclée
H13-8 Woody Bay Giclée Print on Aluminium, Contemporary, Signed, 2023
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst H13-8 Woody Bay, 2023 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Hand-signed on the label and numbered. This artwork can be hung any way up. 90 x 90 xm Edition...
Giclée
H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade Giclée Print on Aluminium, Signed Edition
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade, 2023 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Hand-signed on the label and numbered. This artwork can be hung any way up. 90 x 90 xm...
Giclée
Kingsdown Beach Giclée Print on Aluminium, Signed, Edition 123/455
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst H13-2 Kingsdown Beach, 2023 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Hand-signed on the label and numbered. This artwork can be hung any way up. 120 × 90 cm ...
Giclée
Kindness Silkscreen Print by Damien Hirst, Contemporary, Signed, 2011
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst, Kindness, 2011. Silkscreen. This stunning piece featuring a mandala pattern of vividly colored butterfly wings. This piece is an extremely limited edition of only 50, S...
Screen
H18-4 Splendour Giclée Print on Aluminium, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Edition of 69/180 85 x 140 cm (33.5 x 55.1 in) Hand-signed by the artist and numbered Mint. Minor imperfections may appear du...
Digital Pigment
H10-2 Nūr Jahān Giclée Print on Aluminium, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
H10-2 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter Edition 2019 of 3,041 100 x 100 cm Signed on a label affixed to the back Mint. Minor imperfections ma...
Giclée
Suiko Giclée Print with Glitter, Contemporary, Framed, Signed, 2022
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst’s ‘Suiko’ is laminated giclée print on aluminum composite panel with glitter, and is one in a series of five mesmerizing prints in ‘The Empresses’ series. ‘Suiko’ is tit...
Glitter, Giclée, Screen
Heavenly Elysia Print, Abstract Style, Archival Ink, 2010+
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst is a British contemporary master artist and entrepreneur recognized for his iconic artworks that have defined the contemporary art world for over a decade. He is one of ...
Archival Ink
Damien Hirst "The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight (U.P.)" Etching
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight (U.P.) Date: 2010 Medium: Unique Etching on Hahnemühle paper Unframed Di...
Etching
Once built for curbs and handrails, these boards now hang beside blue-chip works in major museums and collectors’ homes.
Fierceness and fragility coalesce as the British artist revisits a cherished motif — the butterfly.
