From the outset of his career, Hirst devised a fool-proof strategy for grabbing the public's and critics' attention. His provocative art addresses death and rebirth - vanities and beauty - morality, medicine and technology.As a young and virtually unknown artist, Hirst climbed far and fast. His shark, suspended in a tank of formaldehyde, wowed and repulsed audiences in 1991. Like the French artist Marcel Duchamp, Hirst employed ready-made objects to shocking effect, and in the process, he questi...Les mer

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