The british artist Damien Hirst is actually of those artists who doesn't need an introduction nowadays; he's in everybodies heads and mouths anyway. When thinking of Damien Hirst, most of you will picture provocative works such as large tanks filled with dead animals (such as sharks) or his famous skull piece that is covered in sparkling diamonds. However, he also creates other works of art that are interesting and unique.
Similar to Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst creates a vast variety of different art works that are however all unrecognizably Damien Hirst's. He inspires in his use of color, shape and simplicity. For example, painting dots is a very simple and straightforward idea, however he makes it look so fascinating.
I really like his "round" pieces as well. In fact, when looking at his works, one will discover that many of his pieces come in a perfect circle, such as the butterfly piece below.
Eventhough I would never use actual animals in my art,some of the works in which he uses dead animals are interesting (more in a scientific than artific sense but anyway), and they are what made him as famous as he is. Out of his animal works I like his butterfly pieces the most, as I think that the colors of the butterflies function as an art piece themselves and he makes use of that.
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