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Which British artist is famous for his spot paintings?
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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.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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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...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst,
Honesty, 2021
Laminated giclee print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/5 × 37 4/5 in 120 × 96 cm
Edition of 728
hand-sgned by the artist on the back
published by HENI...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée
$20,940 Sale Price
20% Off
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
The Currency 9714. No Way Out
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, The Currency 9714. No Way Out, 2016 (With original HENI Frame)
Enamel paint, handmade paper, watermark, microdot, hologram, pencil
20 x 30 cm
Hand-signed on the rev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
For the Love of God (with diamond dust), Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Damien Hirst (1965)
Title: For the Love of God (with diamond dust)
Year: 2009
Medium: Silkscreen, glazes, and diamond dust on wove paper
Edition: 591/1000
Size: 12.75 x 9.5 i...
Category
Early 2000s New Media Figurative Prints
Materials
Glaze, Screen
$11,600 Sale Price
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Damien Hirst - H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade - Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst
H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade, 2023
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel.
Hand-signed on the label and numbered. This artwork can be hung any way up.
90 x 90 xm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée


