Born in Bristol in 1965. Born as an artist in the late 1980's. Damien Hirst is known worldwide as a modern contemporary artist with an interest in "the unacceptable idea" of death. He first came to public attention with the 1988 ehibition Freeze, which he conceived while still attending college. Following his success from his first major exhibition, Hirst began a generation for British artists with his spot paintings, which he claimed "to pin down the joy of color," and his installment of cardboard Boxes. Since then, many of his works have become widely recognized, from the shark suspended in formaldehyde, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991, through to later works such as the diamond skull For the Love of God 2007. His contribution to British art over the last
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