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Hirst, Damien (1965- ) - 2007 For the Love of God, laugh (Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia) Silkscreen print with glazes and diamond dust on paper. Damien Hirst Art, Diamond Skull, The Love Of God, Love Of God, Damien Hirst, Human Skull, Skull And Bones, Memento Mori, British Artist

Silkscreen print with glazes and diamond dust on paper. The controversial painter, sculptor and installation artist Damien Hirst is one of the world's most commercially successful contemporary artists. A leading member of the postmodernist generation known as Young British artists, he first came to prominence in the 1990s for his series of dead animals preserved and floating in formaldehyde. Influenced by Francis Bacon, his most famous works of avant-garde art include A Thousand Years…

Away from the Flock (1994) Conceptual Art, Leeds Art Gallery, Art Movements, Social Art, Damien Hirst, English Artists, Tate Modern, British Art, British Artist

With this work Hirst is forcing us to focus on the humble sheep, an animal that has been providing us with food and warmth for centuries, transforming it from the mundane into something special. Its title, Away from the Flock, is a term we associate with religion, specifically Christianity, – 'to leave the flock' is to leave behind the protection of the church. Hirst draws on precedents in earlier British art. In a famous painting by Holman Hunt, called Our English Coasts or Strayed…

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