Damien Hirst
Hirst is the most prominent figure in the group the young british artists. Art collector and entrepreneur he has held exhibitions all over the country including the Tate Modern in London. Using several different medias, some of which were considered very bizarre in the early 90's, Hirst has created some very famous masterpieces that have been displayed around England. His central theme around his work has usually been death. In the early 90's Damien became famous for his series of art installations in which dead animals were suspended in glass cases for the viewers to walk around. Including a sheep and a cow, split in to two so that the viewer could walk in between each case of the animal. His most famous has been the tiger shark encased in a glass case.
His other works include his diamond encrusted skull, which was estimated to be one of the most expensive pieces of art in history. A human skull named: For the Love of God, consisting of 8,601 diamonds and still containing the skulls original teeth, made my Bentley and Skinner, the skull went on exhibition in the White Cube gallery in London in 2007, and estimated to be worth £50Million.
He has also produced a series of paintings called spot paintings. Much like the Pop Art movement of the 1960's Hirst has created his version of repeated polka dot art.
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