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AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO DAMIEN HIRST VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...
UK
photograph, memorabilia, CD single, artwork, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
USA
artwork, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
Top release decades
2000s, 1990s...
Top music labels
WHITE CUBE, GAGOSIAN...
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SIGNED POSTERS, PHOTOGRAPH, MEMORABILLIA, LITHOGRAPH SET, AUTOGRAPH...
Top titles
Unpublished Photograph - Autographed, The Elusive Truth Set Of Lithographs - 100 Only Signed, Romance in the Age of Uncertainty - Signed Print Set, Pharmacy 1st issue Gold Wallpaper, Collection Of Damien Hurst Designed CD & 7" Vinyl Singles...
Top wanted titles
Pharmacy 1st issue Gold Wallpaper...
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A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...
 | DAMIEN HIRST The Elusive Truth Set (Superb and extremely rare &
complete set of FOUR 100cm x 70 cm lithographs produced in 2005 in
conjunction with the Damien Hirst exhibition, The Elusive Truth' at the
Gagosian Gallery in New York. In addition each of these are SIGNED
by Damien, including 'Suicide Bomber (Aftermath)', 'Hospital
Corridor', 'Two Pills' and 'Dissection Table with Tools'. This is a limited
edition of only 100 copies and obtained from a reputable Art Gallery)**Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity**
Tracklisting: E | | DAMIEN HIRST The Elusive Truth Set (Superb and extremely rare &
complete set of FOUR 100cm x 70 cm lithographs produced in 2005 in
conjunction with the Damien Hirst exhibition, The Elusive Truth' at the
Gagosian Gallery in New York. In addition each of these are SIGNED
by Damien, including 'Suicide Bomber (Aftermath)', 'Hospital
Corridor', 'Two Pills' and 'Dissection Table with Tools'. This is a limited
edition of only 100 copies and obtained from a reputable Art Gallery)**Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity**
Tracklisting: E |  | DAMIEN HIRST Romance in the Age of Uncertainty (RARE set of three
different offset lithograph posters issued for his exhibition at the White
Cube Gallery, Hoxton, September 2003. Comprising of 2 different
Skull Images & Green graphics, these werean extremely LIMITED
EDITION, all of which have been boldy signed by Damien on the
bottom in black felt (350 each for the two photographic posters & only
300 for the Green). They were not available unsigned, only
hand-signed by Damien Hirst.A complete set is very rare indeed - See More Info)
**Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity**
Tracklisting: CONDITION
Mint apart from the Green Graphics poster which has a minor dink which will be hardly visible when framed.
BACKGROUND
This superb set of LONG SOLD OUT set each measure 23 inches x 33 inches and published by the White Cube.
These offset lithographs do appear individually but have become increasingly difficult to find as a complete set.
Obtained from a reputable art gallery who purchased from the White Cube.
ARTIST BACKGROUND
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He grew up in Leeds with his mother, Mary Brennan, and his stepfather. He took a foundation course at Leeds School of Art before applying for college. He was rejected by St. Martin's but moved to London in 1986 when he was accepted onto the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1989. While still a student in 1988, Damien conceived, organised and promoted "Freeze", an exhibition held in a Docklands warehouse. The show featured several of Damien's pieces, and work by 16 of his fellow Goldsmith's' students.
This amazingly successful self-promoted exhibition is widely believed to have been the starting point for the "Young British Artists" movement. After seeing Damien's work at the show, Charles Saatchi (ex Thatcher ad-man), began to collect his work and exhibited it in the first "Charles Saatchi's Young British Artists" show. In 1990, Saatchi bought Damien's A Thousand Years. Since then, he has produced a body of work that, admired from the start by collectors and curators, has also proved extraordinarily provocative. In 1992, he commissioned the piece The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living for about US$32,000. He has organised a succession of exhibitions that have helped to define a generation.
Damien's generation is one completely different from previous generations of artist. The Young British Artists are characterised by their independence, their entrepreneurial spirit, and their media savvy. Most promote their own shows, and are financed privately instead of by the Department of National Heritage establishment. This way, they needn't worry about being "discovered" by the conservative governmental agencies, and instead tend to draw in private patrons, like Saatchi.
The central, though not exclusive theme of Hirst's work has been an exploration of mortality, a traditional subject that Hirst has updated and extended with wit, verve, originality and force. He is best known for a series of works (The Natural History series) in which dead animals are presented as memento mori in forms ironically appropriated from the museum of natural history rather than of art. Their titles suggest a range of readings and reveal the thoughtfulness of his approach. The artwork itself has a visual power that is virtually unmatched by any possible description of it. One cannot really hope to understand it, or even visualise it without experiencing it firsthand. This, many people believe, is the reason Damien was short listed for the Turner Prize in 1992.
Even his own supporters do not always acclaim his work. The popularity of Hirst's unique brand of artistic statement tends to cycle in phases of favour and disdain. In April 1993, Hirst's God sold at the highest price of any of his pieces to date: 188,500 pounds. In October 1993, however, his exhibit Alone Yet Together, which consisted of a cabinet holding 100 fish suspended in small tanks of formaldehyde, was set to auction for nearly 150,000 pounds. The bidding closed at only 85,000, and failed to sell. His piece entitled Loss of Memory is Worse Than Death (a steel cage encasing several vitrines which contained a surgical mask, gloves, and a syringe) also failed to sell, closing at 55,000 pounds (less than half of the maximum expected bid).
Damien blames this occasional lack of success not on the public, but on the press. He says that the media convinces the public to believe the art critics' erroneous assumptions about art, so the public accepts these opinions without ever actually viewing the art. In this manner, the public is alienated from an art world that they could find very enjoyable if they gave it a fair chance. Many people who agree with this idea also believe that the art critics themselves are influenced in their opinions by the media. They go in to review a work of art with a preconceived opinion, and do not allow the art to affect them the way it should. By distancing themselves from the art, they are cheating themselves of the full experience. |  | DAMIEN HIRST Collection Of Damien Hurst Designed CD & 7" Vinyl
Singles (Fabulous collection of TWO CD's and THREE 7" vinyl singles
by the band The Hours, all housed in different 'skull' picture sleeves,
each designed by Damien Hurst. The set comprises of Narcissus Road
promotional CD album, Ali In The Jungle promotional CD single and
the 7" vinyl pressings of Back When You Were Good, Ali In The Jungle
& Love You More - nice!)
**See More Info For Full Details**
Tracklisting: THE HOURS Back When You Were Good (2007 UK limited edition 2-track 7" vinyl single taken from their debut album 'Narcissus Road' and includes the UCF Remix, picture sleeve cover art featuring a Damien Hirst designed skull on the front and inner sleeve)
THE HOURS Love You More (2007 UK limited edition 2-track vinyl single featuring the defiant romantic name check ['I love you more than my record collection...I love you more than Caravaggio … I love you more than Tony Soprano – For those that donot know me that's a f**k of a lot!'] and includes the exclusive B-side recording 'Mum And Dad', complete with striking artwork designed by Damien Hirst, picture sleeve)
THE HOURS Ali In The Jungle (2006 UK strictly limited edition 2-track 7" vinyl single featuring 4 minutes of euphoric melody welded to an insistent riff from Martin Slattery & Antony Gemm and includes the previously unreleased recording 'Nothing', Damien Hurst designed picture sleeve complete with Bonus Artwork Sticker!)
THE HOURS Narcissus Road (2006 UK A&M 11-track promotional CD - The debut album from Northern lads Ant Genn & Martin Slattery who make big, sweeping, straight-talking and beautiful music, proper Northern Soul; from the insistent riff of 'Ali In the Jungle'to the dagger in the heart of 'Back When You Were Good' or the knife's edge melody of 'I Miss You', this is a collection of glittering pop songs that have something to say. Unique skull & silver mirror effect Damien Hurst designed double flat card picture sleeve HOURS5)
THE HOURS Ali In The Jungle (2006 UK 1-track promotional debut CD single, featuring four minutes of new music, a euphoric melody welded to an insistent riff, custom Damien Hurst designed picture sleeve) |
AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY
We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards
on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified
or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I.,
ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.
MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:
Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills &
flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material;
press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other
clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing;
original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting
paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying:
original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere
invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.
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