This book highlights the connection between Damien Hirst (born 1965) and the British modernist artist Margaret Mellis (1914-2009), who became a close friend and mentor to the YBA protagonist during the development of his early career. In the 1980s Hirst made regular visits to Mellis' home and studio in Southwold, on the North Sea coast of England, where he spent much time studying her beautiful drawings of -half-dead flowers- on envelopes and driftwood assemblages fashioned from her beachcombing forays. In 2001 Hirst expressed the view that she had been unjustly neglected and deserved to be...

Stan bardzo dobry - książka była czytana, ale jeszcze długo posłuży innym czytelnikom. Ma ślady używania - otwierania i kartkowania, rysy, zabrudzenia. Wygląda jak książka, którą wypożyczasz w bibliotece.
From the Charles Saatchi Collection. Damien Hirst is one of the most important artists of his generation. Published to coincide with a London exhibition, this title - also designed by Jonathan Barnbrook - brings together for the first time all the works by Hirst in Charles Saatchi's personal collection. The book explores the Hirst's life, illustrated with portraits of the...