"I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head."
Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England in 1965, is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art, best known for confronting themes of life, death, and belief with uncompromising directness. Rising to prominence as a leading member of the Young British Artists in the early 1990s, his radical use of unconventional materials reshaped the language of sculpture and conceptual art. Today, Hirst remains a central and controversial presence in the global art world, celebrated for both his artistic innovation and his lasting cultural impact.
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