Born in Bristol England, in 1965, Damien Hirst grew up in Leeds and studied at Goldsmiths College, London. Most notable amongst the exhibitions he curated while at college was Freeze, in 1988, in which he exhibited his work and that of his contemporaries. The exhibition is widely believed to have been the starting point of the Young British Artist Movement, and a defining moment in kick-starting cutting edge British contemporary art.<\/p>\n
Hirst\u2019s body of work confronts the scientific, philosophical and religious aspects of human existence and includes sculpture, painting and printmaking. He has exhibited widely and was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 for The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. In 2004, Hirst collaborated with Sarah Lucas and Angus Fairhurst to exhibit recent works at Tate Britain, under the title In-a-Gadda-da-Vida.<\/p>\n
In 2006, works from the artist\u2019s Murderme collection were exhibited at the Serpentine gallery, London: \u2018In the darkest hour there may be light. \u2018More recently, Hirst exhibited No Love Lost: Blue Paintings at The Wallace Collection, London, 2010; Cornucopia at Mus\u00e9e Oc\u00e9anographique de Monaco, 2010 and with Michael Joo, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? at Haunch of Venison Berlin, 2010.<\/p>\n
Hirst\u2019s work can be found in many important collections worldwide, including Tate, London, UK; British Council, UK; MoMA, New York, USA; Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK; Broad Art Foundation; Central Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands; Neue Galerie Graz, Austria and State Museum of Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Damien Hirst
\nDeath or Glory – Glorius Skull (Cool Gold – European Gold)<\/em>, 2011
\nmetallic paper print
\n28 x 20 in
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