Damien Hirst

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conceptual artist contemporary artist human installation artist painter sculptor visual artist

Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.

Aliases (1)

Hirst ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conceptual artist → contemporary artist → human → installation artist → painter → sculptor → visual artist →
associatedWith	Charles Saatchi → Young British Artists movement →
awardReceived	Turner Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1965-06-07 →
educatedAt	Goldsmiths, University of London →
education	Goldsmiths, University of London →
familyName	Hirst →
fieldOfWork	conceptual art → contemporary art → installation art → painting → sculpture →
genre	conceptual art → installation art →
givenName	Damien →
hasOccupation	art collector → artist → entrepreneur →
hasTheme	consumer culture → medicine and pharmaceuticals → mortality → religion →
knownFor	controversial artworks → explorations of consumerism → explorations of death → pharmaceutical imagery → use of preserved animals in formaldehyde →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Britart → Young British Artists →
name	Damien Hirst →
nationality	British →
notableSeries	Natural History → Spin Paintings → Spot Paintings →
notableWork	A Thousand Years → For the Love of God → Mother and Child (Divided) → Natural History series → Pharmacy → Spin Paintings → Spot Paintings → The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living →
placeOfBirth	Bristol, England →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Devon → London →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Damien Hirst ("Hirst") →	familyName
The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
Andy Warhol →	influenced
Damien Hirst →	name
Gagosian Gallery →	notableArtistExhibited
Brit Awards statuette →	notableDesigner
Turner Prize →	notableWinner