Damien Hirst Julian Opie Marc Quinn David Mach Joe Black Damien Hirst Was Born in Bristol in 1965
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COOL BRITA NNIAfeaturing Damien Hirst Julian Opie Marc Quinn David Mach Joe Black Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He moved to London in Julian Opie is a contemporary British artist born in 1958. 1984 and worked in construction before beginning his studies at the He graduated from Goldsmith’s College of Art in 1982. His instantly Goldsmiths College of Art. He first came to public attention in 1988 recognizable style of portraiture synthesizes the traditions of when he conceived and curated Freeze, an exhibition of his work and Minimalism and Pop art with processes of digital alteration. that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths. The exhibition ‘Painting’ with a variety of different media and technology, Opie’s works is largely considered the starting point for the Young British Artists range from ink on canvas to sculptures of flattened, everyday images. movement prominent in the 1990s. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. Opie has held extensive solo and group exhibitions including at the National Portrait Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Hirst’s practice of installation, sculpture and painting is notable Helsinki, Finland; Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow (MoCAK), for its strong associations to life and death. His work calls into IVAM, Valencia, Spain; and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. question our awareness and convictions about the boundaries that His work is held in many major museum collections including the separate desire and fear navigated through complex value systems. Arts Council, England; British Museum, London; Carnegie Museum, Since 1987 he has exhibited in nearly one hundred solo shows and Pittsburgh; IVAM Museum of Modern Art, New York; Damien countless group shows, including a major retrospective in 2012 at the Tate Julian MoMAT Tokyo; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Modern. He recently opened a gallery in South London that will showcase National Portrait Gallery, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Hirsthis own extensive collection. Hirst lives and works throughout the UK. OpieTate Collection, London and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 3 David Mach is considered one of the leaders of the New British Marc Quinn is a leading contemporary artist and member of Sculpture movement. He studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College the loosely termed Young British Artists group. After studying of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. In 2000 he was appointed History and Art History at Robertson College, Cambridge, he as Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools, London. worked as an assistant to sculptor Barry Flanagan before gaining He is best known for his flowing assemblages made from recognition in 1991 for his sculpture entitled Self, a cast of his mass-produced objects such as coat hangers, magazines, matchsticks own head made from his own frozen blood. Many of Quinn’s and tires. His work often seeks to express the discontinuity prominent works explore the relationship between art, science, between the mundane, mass-produced, household objects and the the human body and our perceptions of beauty, often employing exotic and wild aspects of the animal they are used to represent. grotesque tenants to deliver poignant messages of growth and evolution. Mach held his first solo exhibition at Lisson Gallery in 1982 and Quinn’s acclaimed fifteen-ton marble sculpture of the has continued to gain prominence since. In 1988 the artist was disabled artist Alison Lapper while pregnant with her son was nominated for the Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery in London, and exhibited in Trafalgar Square in London in 2005, and his solid gold David in 1992 was the recipient of the Lord Provost’s Prize in Glasgow. Marc sculpture of Kate Moss was shown at the British Museum in 2008. Much of his commission-based work has been exhibited in some of Additional exhibitions include the Tate Gallery in London, the the world’s most prestigious museums, including the Tate Britain, the Fondazione Prada in Milan, and Arter Space for Art in Istanbul. MachNational Portrait Gallery in London City Art Center of Edinburgh, Quinn and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. He was elected Royal Academician in 1998, and continues to live and work in London. 5 Joe Black is a British contemporary artist known for his large-scale works based on popular imagery and made from thousands of small objects. He explores the relationship between art and object by creating monumental and ironic compositions. Through his work, Black explores the fragmentation of perception through imagery that is both seen as a whole and a collection of small composite parts. The artist is famous for revisiting the portraits of easily recognizable icons from pop culture. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows worldwide. Joe Black 7 Damien Hirst Butterfly Spin Painting, 2009 Acrylic on paper, 54 x 68.6 cm - 21.3 x 27 in. 9 Damien Hirst Butterfly - Portrait - Life - OC6657, 2009 Eternal Rest, 2009 Etching Etching, edition of 45 47.3 x 39.2 cm - 18.6 x 15.4 in. 47 x 39 cm - 18.5 x 15.3 in. 11 Damien Hirst Butterfly- Portrait - Renewa - OC6651, 2009 Butterfly - Portrait - Spirit - OC6658, 2011 Etching, edition of 45 Etching 47.3 x 39.3 cm - 18.6 x 15.5 in. 47.3 x 39.3 cm - 18.6 x 15.5 in. 13 Damien Hirst Soul I – Turquoise – Loganberry Pink, 2010 Soul I– Loganberry Pink - Oriental Gold – Cornflower Blue, 2010 Foilblock print with Blind impression, editon of 25 Foilblock print with Blind impression, edition of 25 72 x 51 cm - 28.3 x 20 in. 72 x 51 cm - 28.3 x 20 in. 15 Damien Hirst Psalm: Confitebor tibi, 2009 Psalm: Verba mea auribus, 2009 Silkscreen with diamond dust, edition of 50 Silkscreen with diamond dust, edition of 50 74 x 71.5 cm - 29.1 x 28.1 in. 74 x 71.5 cm - 29.1 x 28.1 in. 17 Damien Hirst Psalm - Deus, Deus meus - DIAMOND DUST - OC7642, 2010 Lanatoside B, 2011 Silkscreen print with glaze, edition of 50 Silkscreen print with Diamond Dust 74 x 71.5 cm - 29.1 x 28.1 in. 70 x 63.5 cm - 27.6 x 25 in. 19 Damien Hirst For the Love of God - Devotion, 2012 Silkscreen Print, edition of 250 100 x 75 cm - 39.4 x 29.5 in. 21 Damien Hirst Love of God - white, 2011 For the Love of God - White - Skull Face Front Silkscreen print with glazes and diamond dust on paper, edition of 1000 Silkscreen with glaze and diamond dust, edition of 1000 58.5 x 58.5 cm - 23 x 23 in. 58.5 x 43.5 cm - 23 x 17.1 in. 23 Damien Hirst Circle Spin Painting, 2009 Beautiful, Galactic, exploding screenprint, 2001 Acrylic on paper Lithograph, edition of 500 52.1 x 52.1 cm - 20.5 - 20.5 in. 101.6 cm 101.6 cm - 40 x 40 in. 25 Damien Hirst Beautiful spread Your Wings, Open Your Mind Painting, 2007 Skull Painting, 2009 Household gloss on canvas Acrylic on paper 121.9 x 121.9 cm - 48 x 48 in. 71.1 x 50.8 cm - 28 x 20 in. 27 Julian Opie Jeremy walking in stripy jumper 1, 2010 This is Monique (Flocking) 19, 2004 Silkscreen on painted wooden board Flocking on painted wooden board 100 x 56.3 cm - 39.4 x 22.2 in. 85 x 51 cm - 33.5 x 20 in. 29 Julian Opie Louisa, student, 2001 Nantra, pool attendant, 2002 Grey Umbrella, 2014 Elly, Gallery Assistant 3, 2001 C-type print on wooden mount Vinyl on wooden stretcher Silkscreen on painted wooden board Vinyl on wooden stretcher 88.7 x 66.8 cm - 34.9 x 26 in. 192 x 150.5 cm -75.6 x 59.2 in. 100 x 50 x 3 cm - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 in. 192 x 142 cm - 75.6 x 55.99 in. 31 Julian Opie Woman dressed 4, 2002 At the museum with Antonia 2, 2011 Vinyl on wooden stretcher Inkjet on canvas with brass frame 380 x 220 x 3 cm - 149.6 x 86.6 x 1.2 in. 241 x 141 cm - 55.5 x 55.5 in. 33 Julian Opie Ed and Marianela 3, 2010 Caterina nude 11, 2009 Vinyl on wooden stretcher Silkscreen on painted wooden board 234.5 x 192.5 cm - 92.3 x 75.8 in. 92.5 x 96.5 cm - 36.2 x 38 in. 35 David Mach Contortionnistes Sea Whip Pin heads on foam Pin hads on foam 30.5 x 21 x 21 cm - 11.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 in. 60 x 34 x 34 cm - 23.6 x 13.4 x 13.4 in. 37 David Mach Superman Donald Duck Postcards and photographs on wood Postcards and photographs on wood 183 x 183 cm - 72 x 72 in. 152.5 x 152.5 cm - 60 x 60 in. 39 David Mach Set of Mini Marilyn, 2011 Matchhead, edition of 25 77 x 78 x 22 cm - 30.3 x 30.7 x 8.7 in. 41 David Mach King Tutankhamun Matisse, 2012 Postcards and photographs on wood Postcards and photographs on wood 183 x 183 cm - 72 x 72 in. 100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in. 43 David Mach Tigresse Postcards and photographs on wood 183 x 152.5 cm - 72 x 60 in. 45 David Mach Pucca Cartoon, 2009 Painted Jezabel Fluffy Poodle, 2006 Postcards and photographs on wood Postcards and photographs on wood Postcards and photographs on wood 122 x 122 cm - 48 x 48 in.