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Which British artist is famous for his spot paintings?

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Which British artist is famous for his spot paintings?
The British artist famous for his spot paintings is Damien Hirst. He began producing these pieces in the 1980s. One example, the 2005 painting Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution, is striking for its machinelike uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius. Hirst is the most prominent of the Young British Artists, or YBAs, who began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories in the 1980s. Hirst is known for his use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics” in his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Damien Hirst art.
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DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper Size: 21.5 x 30 cm Conditi...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

DAMIEN HIRST - THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA - Limited edition Contemporary Modern
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter. Edition number: 1226/3315 (1.566 physical + 1.7...
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2010s Modern Figurative Prints

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Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen

Beautiful, Everlasting, Inexhaustibly Interesting, Revelatory Painting, Signed
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst H12-4: Beautiful, Everlasting, Inexhaustibly Interesting, Self-Revelatory Gyration Painting, 2023 Mixed Media Giclée print on poly-cotton artist canvas mounted on a birc...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

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Plywood, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée

The Empresses
By Damien Hirst
Located in Norwich, GB
DAMIEN HIRST (BORN 1965) Taytu Betul, from 'The Empresses' (H10-5), 2022 signed in pencil on the publisher's label affixed verso, stamp-numbered, laminated giclée print with screenpr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Panel, Digital, Giclée

Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed.
By Damien Hirst
Located in Paris, FR
HIRST Damien (1965 - ) Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed. Provenance : DTR Modern Gallery, New York. About Damien Hirst (Artist) British artist Damien Hirst is widely considered the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He is the most prominent of the so-called Young British Artists, or YBAs, a group, largely composed of Hirst’s classmates at Goldsmiths, in London, that began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories after 1988 and is known for the use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics.” In the 1990s, Hirst said, “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.” And indeed, he is notorious for piquing critics and baffling the public with such pieces as his signature glass vitrines containing dead sheep or sharks in formaldehyde, and his diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God. Working primarily in sculpture, Hirst takes after French modernist master Marcel Duchamp in his use of ready-made objects and materials, which he combines to ironic effect. He often creates in series, as with The Cure (Violet) and The Cure (Turquoise), both from 2014, which are among several pill paintings...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Methylamine 13c, Geometric Pop Art Screenprint with Diamond Dust by Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Methylamine 13c Damien Hirst, English (1965) Date: 2014 Screenprint with Diamond Dust, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 12/100 Size: 33 x 27 in. (83.82 x 68.58 cm) Frame Size...
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2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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