Damien Hirst "Is Mr Death In?" Damien Hirst by Jonathan Yeo Early Life Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector born 7th June 1965 in Bristol, but later moved to London. He grew up with his mother (and Stepfather from the age of 2-10) who was Irish Catholic and stated that she 'lost control' of her son when he was young. Hirst was arrested twice for shoplifting although he would say that his mother wouldn't tolerate rebellion. His mother was also artistic but dropped art because she didn't like her teacher-so when Hirst showed a love for drawing she was very encouraging. He attended Allerton Grange School and also the school sixth form-achieving an E-grade in A Level Art. He then applied to Jacob Kramer School of Art and was initially refused a place but was successful in getting a place on the foundation art course. During this time, Hirst visited a Gallery displaying work by Francis Davidson, which Hirst has...
Art in the Park is a festival based in Leamington-Spa to celebrate art and music over the duration of a weekend. I decided to go along on the Saturday to collect some inspiration for my coursework. There were lots of stalls and people selling artwork, so I was able to collect business cards and have conversations with these people and learn new things about their creative process.
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