Geburtsdatum | Montag, 07. Juni 1965 |
Geburtsort | Bristol |
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Beschreibung | Damien Hirst (* 7. Juni 1965 in Bristol) ist ein britischer Bildhauer, Maler und Konzeptkünstler und Kurator einzelner Ausstellungen. Im Jahr 1988 organisierte er die Ausstellung Freeze im Londoner Hafenviertel, die als Geburtsstunde des Phänomens Young British Artists gilt, und wurde in den 1990er Jahren der bekannteste Vertreter der Gruppe. Er wurde vor allem durch provozierende Plastiken bekannt, die sich mit Themen Tod, Religion, Leben oder Konsumkultur befassen. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören mehrere in Formaldehyd eingelegte Tierkörper sowie ein mit Diamanten besetzter menschlicher Schädel mit dem Titel For the Love of God. |
But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.
I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.
