Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst features works like a tiger shark in formaldehyde and a diamond-encrusted skull. Damien Hirst is one of the most important contemporary artists and a legend in the Young British Artist movement of the 1990s. He planned his iconic paintings, sculptures, and installations through drawings and sketchbooks, which can now be seen in a museum exhibition for the first time.

The publication provides an opportunity to glance over the shoulder of a great contemporary artist engrossed in his creative process. Since the early 1980s, Damien Hirst has used drawings and sketches to plan his celebrated works. He has also created drawings to accompany his paintings and sculptures, helping to visualise their core ideas. Among his designs are a drawing machine and the graphic work of fictitious old masters. In this superbly produced new volume that retains the character of a sketchbook, a star artist reveals a new aspect to his oeuvre.