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Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.

Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been 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 (clear display case) became the iconic work of British art in the 1990s, and the symbol of Britart worldwide. He has also made "spin paintings," created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured circles created by his assistants.

In September 2008, he took an unprecedented move for a living artist by selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's by auction and by-passing his long-standing galleries. The auction exceeded all predictions, raising £111 million ($198 million), breaking 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 formaldehyde.

Artworks by Damien Hirst

Curare by Damien Hirst

Curare

Damien Hirst

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Kindness by Damien Hirst

Kindness

Damien Hirst

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Ala-His (First Edition) by Damien Hirst

Ala-His

Damien Hirst

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The Souls IV (Silver Gloss / Westminster Blue / Oriental Gold) by Damien Hirst

The Souls IV

Damien Hirst

Silver Gloss / Westminster Blue / Oriental Gold

The Souls II (Chilli Red / Silver Gloss / Oriental Gold) by Damien Hirst

The Souls II

Damien Hirst

Chilli Red / Silver Gloss / Oriental Gold

Big Love (Diamond Dust) by Damien Hirst

Big Love

Damien Hirst

Diamond Dust

Fate by Damien Hirst

Fate

Damien Hirst

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Emerge by Damien Hirst

Emerge

Damien Hirst

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Renewal by Damien Hirst

Renewal

Damien Hirst

First Edition

Reveal by Damien Hirst

Reveal

Damien Hirst

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Life by Damien Hirst

Life

Damien Hirst

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Spirit by Damien Hirst

Spirit

Damien Hirst

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Hope by Damien Hirst

Hope

Damien Hirst

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Prosperity by Damien Hirst

Prosperity

Damien Hirst

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Tribulation by Damien Hirst

Tribulation

Damien Hirst

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