When Death is art Damien Steven Hirst
Born in 1965, Damien Steven Hirst is Britain’s richest living artist, with his wealth valued at 215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. In fact, Death is a central theme in Hirst’s works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which present dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow), and ometimes dissected—in formaldehyde. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine became his iconic work. Besides, in the 1990s, it became the symbol of Britart worldwide.
Meanwhile, in September 2008, his show “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”, sold at Sotheby’s raising 111 million pounds ($198 million). Besides, it broke the record for a one-artist auction. As well as Hirst’s own record with 10.3 million for The Golden Calf, an animal with 18-carat gold horns and hooves, preserved in formaldeh.
For the Love of God, a human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with 8,601 diamonds weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats
According to the artist, he used approximately 15,000,000 pounds worth of diamonds. Modeled on an 18th century skull, but the only surviving human part of the original is the teeth.
When Death is art Damien Steven Hirst
“Togetherness”, which Hirst presented at auction Sotheby’s in LondonHirst poses beside his work, tiger shark in an aquarium with formaldehydeArt installation at the Museum Brandhorst in Munich.Pinchuk, Ukrainian businessman and owner of art gallery is watching the British artist Hirst creating one of his works at the center of contemporary art PinchukArtCentre in KievDamien Hirst poses beside one of his works in KievArtist Damien Hirst poses beside one of his works – cow, in KievA security guard stands near paintings by Damien Hirst at Gagosian Gallery in LondonWorks by British artist Hirst and American artist Chu (Joo) at a gallery in BerlinAmerican artist Chu (Joo) and Hirst pose for a photo in a gallery in BerlinThe representative of the media looks at Damien Hirst’s work “Divided Mother and Child”The works of art presented at Sotheby’sVisitors watch the work of Damien Hirst at exhibition center Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, AustriaArt college student looking at work by Hirst in Mexico CityArt installation by Hirst in Mexico CityMother and Child Divided by Damien Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonOne of the works from the series Spin Painting by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonOne of the works from the series Spin Painting by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonA Thousand Years installation by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonEnglish artist Hirst poses in front of his triptych Doorways to the Kingdom of Heaven in the gallery Tate Modern in LondonTriptych Doorways to the Kingdom of HeavenSculpture Hymn by Hirst near the gallery, Tate Modern in LondonSpin Painting by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonThe Sleep of Reason by Hirst, represented in the auction Sotheby’s in LondonLullaby, The Seasons by Damien Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonMother and Child Divided by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in LondonTrinity – Pharmacology, Physiology, Pathology by Hirst at the gallery Tate Modern in London
