Damien Hirst British, b. 1965
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. Whilst studying at Goldsmith’s College, in 1988 he curated Freeze- a ground-breaking show featuring the work of his contemporaries as well as his own. He rose to fame after Charles Saatchi promoted him as one of the Young British Artists in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Raised as a Catholic, but no longer practising, Hirst often touches on human concerns of existence- how we attempt to make sense of life and death. The spectator is invited to challenge their own preconceptions of what is named sacred or profane. Hirst creates pieces designed to shock and enthral- from the famous formaldehyde-filled tank and floating shark, to the mercilessly pinned butterflies and a beautifully expensive diamond encrusted skull.
The artist currently lives and works in Devon and London.
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Eat, Sleep, Paint, Repeat
10 Oct - 22 Dec 2022 LondonOmer Tiroche Gallery is pleased to present, Eat, Sleep, Paint, Repeat, which examines the role of repetition in the work of eleven leading modern and contemporary artists. The exhibition aims to highlight the various strands of repetition that exist in these different artists’ work throughout a period of 70 years, who worked within traditions of Geometric Abstraction, Pop Art, and Op-Art, among others.Read more -
Everything Must Go!
23 May - 26 Aug 2022 LondonOmer Tiroche Gallery is pleased to present a summer group show, Everything Must Go!, featuring works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Georges Mathieu, and Victor Vasarely among other...Read more -
ANIMALIA
21 Jun - 12 Sep 2019 LondonOmer Tiroche Gallery is pleased to announce its forthcoming exhibition, ANIMALIA, which aims to explore and examine how prominent artists of the 20th and 21st centuries depicted and interpreted animals...Read more