Friday, February 11, 2011

Artist Spotlight: Damien Hirst

DAMIEN HIRST


Damien Hirst is one of the most famous contemporary artists in the world. His art is highly controversial, because of his work with dead animals. Hirst's most well-known pieces are the giant formaldehyde-filled tanks with dead animals inside. He also has a few other works, that don't directly involve death, his crystal skull (above) is famous as well. 









The shark, was the first work I have ever seen of his. It was for my class on transformation, which, I guess this would be a good example of. Taking an object (or animal body) and putting it in an unfamiliar area. Shark don't really belong in a museum, in a tank. So in that respect, this is transformation art at its finest. 

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