Best Selling Books by Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is an influential young British artist whose works are known for their controversial subject matter. He won the Turner Prize in 1995 and continues to shock, entertain, and educate.

This publication showcases the largest ever retrospective of Hirst''s work, and the first book to feature installation images of a curated space. The reader benefits from seeing the works in their original pairings, as conceived by the artist, whilst the interviewer metaphorically walks through the exhibition discussing the works with the artist.

"Breakfast at The Wolseley gave Damien and I the perfect opportunity to discuss the business of the day," remembers Frank Dunphy, Damien Hirst''s business manager, "the bow-tied super-ego to Mr. Hirst''s id," as The Wall Street Journal has described him. "Always on time, Damien would first hold out his hand for a pen or pencil and would then begin sketching on the back of his placemat." Portraits of Frankis published to coincide with Dunphy''s retirement after almost 15 years with the artist. Seen here for the first time, Hirst''s portraits were sketched during the pair''s regular breakfast meetings at the famous Wolseley restaurant in London between 2004 and 2010. They provide a touching illustration of Frank and Damien''s collaborative relationship as it unfolded over the course of some of the most extraordinary years of the artist''s career.

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Published on the occasion of Damien Hirst’s exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London, in October 2009, this small volume presents 30 colorplates showcasing a selection of blue skull and flower paintings from that show, and three gatefolds. An interview also featured in the larger Wallace Collection catalogue is also included here. This is the signed limited edition of this title.

Catalog of an exhibition held May 1, 2010-Aug. 14, 2010 at Haunch of Venison in London.

Born in Bristol in 1965, Damien Hirst grew up in Leeds and studied at Goldsmiths College, London. Most notable amongst the exhibitions he curated whilst 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 Artists'' careers, and a defining moment in kick-starting cutting edge British contemporary art. Hirst''s 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 Ina-Gadda-da-Vida and exhibited his solo show, The Agony and The Ecstasy: Selected Works from 1989-2004 at the Archaeological Museum, Naples. In 2006, works from the artist''s murderme collection were exhibited at the Serpentine gallery, London: ''In the darkest hour there may be light.''

This details all the Damien Hirst works in the Pinchuk Art Centre exhibition, Kyiv in April 2009. The book features over ninety works including iconic early pieces from the 1990’s, sculptures, and paintings from recent years, together with the new, previously unseen skull paintings. Born in Bristol in 1965, Damien Hirst studied Goldsmith’s College. In 1988 he curated the now renowned exhibition, Freeze, help in London. In 1991, he had his first solo exhibition in London entitled In and Out of Love and the following year he was a major part of the groundbreaking Young British Artists exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. He was awarded the prestigious Tate Gallery Turner Prize in 1995. Hirst’s work has been shown in many important group and solo shows throughout the world and his is now one of Britain’s most celebrated living artists. He lives and works in Devon and London.

Vol. II is a series of over forty works called the skull pictures created between 2006 and 2008.

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