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Young British Artists (YBA)

YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS

YBAs = provocative. The collective of artists who came up in London in the late 1980s and early ’90s — commonly referred to as the Young British Artists (YBAs) — have made their indelible mark on the art world and continue to produce work that both challenges the viewer and seduces collectors the world over.

Damien Hirst played the role of pioneer in 1988 by organizing “Freeze,” the first of several artist-curated group shows held in abandoned warehouses across London. Most of the artists participating in these early exhibitions — among them Sarah Lucas, Gary Hume, Liam Gillick, Mat Collishaw, Sam Taylor-Wood (now generating more buzz for her directorial work on the film 50 Shades of Grey), and Hirst himself — were graduates of Goldsmiths, University of London. The group’s sophisticated maturity and confidence in presenting Conceptual art with shock appeal, such as Collishaw’s Bullet Hole, a photograph that offers a disturbingly gruesome close-up of a man’s fatal wound, left a lasting impression with Charles Saatchi and other art world stalwarts.

From the beginning, Hirst was fascinated by such epic themes as death and immortality and sought to express them through unconventional, powerful gestures; his early works include A Thousand Years, 1990, in which flies feed on a bloody cow head, breed and die by electrocution within a large glass vitrine, and The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991, his Jaws-inspired suspension of a great white shark in formaldehyde. Following in the footsteps of artists ranging from Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, Hirst was inspired by mundane objects from daily life, incorporating them into his works, most famously his "Medicine Cabinets" filled with brightly packaged pills.

Notoriously dubbed an “enfant terrible” of the art world, Tracey Emin once printed a photo of Damien Hirst, stuck it on the bottom of an ashtray, and sold it as a piece of art. Represented by 1stDibs’ Lehmann Maupin Gallery since the late 1990s, Emin was a Turner Prize finalist in 1998 for My Bed, an installation showcasing her disheveled bed covered in underwear, used condoms and other debris. Overt sexuality and the emotional dynamics of love and sex have persisted as themes throughout her career, seen across the neon artworks for which she is most famous.

YBAs have never shied from using non-traditional materials or tackling controversial subject matter. Chris Ofili, a racially charged painter who re-appropriates biblical and mythological iconography, found the spotlight in 1999 when then-New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani publicly criticized the artist’s monumental depiction of an eroticized black Madonna, entitled The Holy Virgin Mary, baring a breast composed of elephant dung and surrounded by images of female genitalia. Marc Quinn reimagined the self-portrait in 1991 by casting a frozen sculpture of his head with his own blood and maintaining it in a refrigerated vitrine as if on life-support. More recently, Quinn has elicited strong reactions from a series of studies and sculptures of supermodel Kate Moss in a contorted, god-like pose.

Below, we invite you to browse our collection of original works by Hirst, Emin, Quinn, Collishaw and other YBAs — a group that knew not only how to provoke and self-promote but to create works that continue to resonate today.

Find original Young British Artists sculptures, photography, prints and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Young British Artists (YBA)
Wheel Within A Wheel, from In A Spin Series
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Damien Hirst Wheel Within A Wheel, from In A Spin: The Action Of The World On Things 2002 Spin etching S: 36 x 28 in. I: 9 x 7 3/4 ...
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Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Etching

I Get Around, from In A Spin Series
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Damien Hirst I Get Around, from In A Spin: The Action Of The World On Things 2002 Spin etching S: 36 x 28 in. I: 11 x 10 in. Edit...
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Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Etching

Untitled 05
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Quinn, Marc Title: Untitled 05 Series: Eye of History Date: 2013 Medium: Color Etching on 350gsm paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.9375" x 35.5625" Signature: Signed by...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Etching

Untitled 08
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Quinn, Marc Title: Untitled 08 Series: Eye of History Date: 2013 Medium: Color Etching on 350gsm paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.9375" x 35.5625" Signature: Signed by...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Etching

Knowledge
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Knowledge Series: The Secrets Date: 2024 Medium: Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Unframed Dimensions: 47.25" x 36.5" Signature:...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Screen, Laminate

Jake Chapman - IN THE REALM OF THE SENSELESS. Watercolor Goya Disasters of War
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Jake Chapman - IN THE REALM OF THE RELENTLESS Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Hand colored lithograph on paper Edition: 6 AP, this work is numbered AP/2 Size: 80 x 110 cm Condition: I...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (41/50). Watercolor Goya Disasters of War
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (41/50) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Hand watercolour on digital print Edition number: 41/50 Size: 18.3 x 24.2 cm Condition: In mint condition...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Paper, Watercolor, Digital

JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (48/50). Watercolor Goya Disasters of War
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JAKE CHAPMAN - TO LIVE AND THINK PIGS (48/50) Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Hand watercolour on digital print Edition number: 48/50 Size: 18.3 x 24.2 cm Condition: In mint condition...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Paper, Watercolor, Digital

More To Come
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: More To Come Series: The Currency Date: 2016 Medium: One shot enamel paint on handmade paper Unframed Dimensions: 8.4" x 11.8" Signature: Singed, ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Enamel

Fruitful (Large) by Damien Hirst, Colourful, Giclée Print, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
This vibrant work features abstract details from Damien Hirst's series of Cherry Blossom paintings and reinterprets the traditional subject of landscape painting. Damien Hirst Fruit...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10) -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
Tracey Emin A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10) 2021 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400 gsm 94 × 74 cm (37 × 29.1 in) Each signed, numbered and dated by the artis...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

These Feelings Were True II - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True II- Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, numbe...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

These Feelings Were True - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
Located in Zug, CH
I Couldn't Tell Anyone I Loved You - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signe...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
Located in Zug, CH
Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 55,5 x 45,5 cm (21.9 x 17.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed,...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black 3 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

No! This is sad, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
No! This is sad, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certificate ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

A Feeling of Shock (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
A Feeling of Shock, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certifica...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

And This was me A Thousand Years, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
And This was me A Thousand Years Ago, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condit...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBA, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by t...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Hurt Heart (from A Journey to Death) - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
Hurt Heart (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certificate of aut...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait 3 Colour screenprint on cotton fabric Edition of 175 52 x 46 cm (20.5 x 18 in) S...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Screen

Theodora by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

Suiko by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

Nūr Jahān by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

Taytu Betul by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

Wu Zetian by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

The Empresses (Set of 5), Limited Edition, 21st Century, YBA, Giclée Print
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a kaleidoscope effect. Damien Hirst The Empresses, set of 5 2022 Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with diamond dust 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in) Signed and numbered In matching edition numbers In excellent condition The pieces are offered unframed. Edition numbers might vary from what it is shown in the images “The Empresses” is a series of five glorious prints carefully composed of butterfly wings that create a kaleidoscope effect and are placed on a flaming red background. Each work has been carefully screen printed with glitter coat which offers that gleaming effect on them. Each Empress from this series is named after five...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Glitter, Giclée

These Feelings Were True -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True - Tracey Emin, Contemporary, Young British Artiststs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait, Limited Edition 2 colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm (Poprtfolio of 8) Edition 25 of 50, the full Set is offered in matching edition numbers Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher with the original cardboard portfolio Published by Counter Editions Please note: images are for illustrative purposes only, the edition number offered is 25 of 50 Tracey Emin's new set of 8 lithographs depicting herself are incredibly personal auto portraits and revelatory. Viewed almost as an intimate tiny sketchbook of herself, a visual diary. These editions are great examples of Emin's radical painting style which has been influenced by Expressionism. These works showcase universal feelings, raw and bittersweet emotions, which are Emin’s constant subject surrounded around the idea of love, loss, intimacy, and longing. In making herself the subject of her work, and concentrating intensely on figuration, Emin creates bridges with the rich art-historical tradition of the female figure and female nudes. She shows strong emotive force in these pictures, as seen for example in the work of male painters Munch and Schiele, which Emin admires and studied throughout her artistic oeuvre. Emin has said that “when I saw that these portraits did not look like me, I then realized I was actually drawing how I felt inside my head. An expression of myself in different moments, and this idea doing a few of them would be very honest and will be really free… the idea is how I am feeling.” When referencing her previous portraiture practice, Emin said “I would put my face in the work and then I would black it out, it is too much for me to have me in the work, and now it is so weird, I am thinking that it is time for me to start having an entrance to my work. Because I have a good reason to do it. I should be celebrating me as a person and things that make me, me.” TRACEY EMIN A prominent member of the Young British Artists (YBAs), Tracey Emin´s production encompasses different mediums including film, painting, neon, embroidery, drawing, writing, installation and sculpture. Her work is intensely personal, revealing intimate details of her life with honesty and humour. "There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences."—Tracey Emin Tracey Emin uses all aspects of her life in her art, turning her autobiography into broader statements about sex, love, death, freedom, and everyday life. This audacious and confessional approach earned her a nomination for the Turner Prize in 1999. The artist received notable acclaim, among others, for her installation My Bed, featuring her unmade bed surrounded...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Lithograph

Fruitful (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print
Located in Zug, CH
Fruitful (small) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Edition of 3308 39 x 39 cm (15.4 x 15.4 in.) Signed and numbered on label on the verso In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher and in the original packaging With Certificate of Authenticity PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images. This edition of Forever features bright, abstract details from Damien Hirst’s new series of paintings titled Cherry Blossoms. Here, Hirst reinterprets the traditional subject of landscape painting on a monumental scale, entirely covering the surface of the works with bright colours that stretch the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. The vibrant works pay homage to the Pointillism and Impressionism art movements. With the Cherry Blossoms series Hirst bridges his explorations and examination of colour as well as its effect on the eye, where movement and dynamicity of colour have been composed freely and joyously by the British artist. “The Cherry Blossoms are about beauty and life and death. They’re garish and messy and fragile and about me moving away from Minimalism and the idea of an imaginary mechanical painter and that’s so exciting to me.” —Damien Hirst This limited fine art edition is technically created by a bright Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel, comes in two sizes and was realized in collaboration with Fondazione Prada to support Save the Children Italia. Hirst has taken existing imagery from his Cherry Blossoms and transposed it into a print, depicting a close up of the densely layered impasto structure, as well as colourful dabs of paint from sections of the large-scale canvases, one can see Hirst's thick brushstrokes and trace the movement of his gestural action painting through the surface. DAMIEN HIRST The Turner prize winner and epicenter of the YBA movement. Hirst's emblematic art of our era revolutionizes the art market. Hirst is widely regarded as one of the most important artists working today, creating truly iconic artworks. A genuine star of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement, Damien Hirst has always made a point of mixing up different media. Whether as a sculptor, an installation artist, a painter, or a printmaker, Hirst has produced many of the most spectacular and widely discussed works in recent years and helped to revolutionize the art market. Damien Hirst’s, For the Love of God, the diamond-encrusted replica of the skull of a thirty-five-year-old man from the thirteenth century, broke all records to become the most expensive contemporary artwork in the world. Damien Hirst´s artworks are truly emblematic icons of our era, with their recurring motives such as dots, butterflies, cows, sharks, skulls, pills, and pharmacy cabinets. “I do believe art is more powerful than money, though. I still believe that. And if I ever find out money's more important, I'll knock it on the head.”—Damien Hirst His works, captivating and intense as they are, challenge our stereotyped concepts and beliefs. Damien Hirst’s shark...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Forever (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print
Located in Zug, CH
Damien Hirst Forever (small) 2020 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel 39 × 39 cm (15.4 × 15.4 in) Signed and numbered Edition of 2573 In excellent condition PLEASE N...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Politeness (The Virtues) - Limited Edition, Art, 21st Century, YBA, Giclée Print
Located in Zug, CH
Damien Hirst Politeness (The Virtues, H9-4) 2021 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel 120 × 96 cm (47.2 × 37.8 in) Signed and numbered on a label on the verso Edition ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Butterfly Heart (large) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Heart (large) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition Laminated Giclée print on aluminiu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Butterfly Rainbow (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Color, Print
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Rainbow (small) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition Laminated Giclée print on alumin...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Butterfly Heart (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Heart (small) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition Laminated Giclée print on aluminiu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA)

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Giclée

Young British Artists (yba) art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Young British Artists (YBA) available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of red, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, and Marc Quinn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Inkjet Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Young British Artists (YBA), so small editions measuring 3.6 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $214,080, while the average work sells for $8,194.

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