damien hurst
The majority of drunks I talk to base their entire knowledge of the art world off sensational headlines and the first two sentences of Wikipedia pages.
"Who is Damien Hirst?"
"He's that British artist that put a shark in a tank of resin ("The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Something Living") and covered a skull in diamonds ("For the Love of God" which sold for $100 million)... amongst other things"
"Oh, that guy's a cunt"
The only reason Damien Hirst is a cunt, is because he has made more money than you.
At these parties, Hirst is often hated for "selling out" or "ruining art", nothing I suggest, that Andy Warhol hadn't done decades before. Selling out to me is quitting your job as an artist and getting a 9-5 job pushing papers.
And as far as ruining art is concerned, I can think of a million things that I would enjoy seeing less than a zebra frozen in formaldehyde. Damien Hirst has been an artist for a long time and I believe that the wider public has judged him too harshly and quickly for the small selection of his oeuvre that comes up on Google images when you type his name in a search engine.
Hirst is currently trying is hand in finer arts, he is producing paintings in his London studio that are yet to be officially viewed or exhibited.
"Who is Damien Hirst?"
"He's that British artist that put a shark in a tank of resin ("The Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Something Living") and covered a skull in diamonds ("For the Love of God" which sold for $100 million)... amongst other things"
"Oh, that guy's a cunt"
The only reason Damien Hirst is a cunt, is because he has made more money than you.
At these parties, Hirst is often hated for "selling out" or "ruining art", nothing I suggest, that Andy Warhol hadn't done decades before. Selling out to me is quitting your job as an artist and getting a 9-5 job pushing papers.
And as far as ruining art is concerned, I can think of a million things that I would enjoy seeing less than a zebra frozen in formaldehyde. Damien Hirst has been an artist for a long time and I believe that the wider public has judged him too harshly and quickly for the small selection of his oeuvre that comes up on Google images when you type his name in a search engine.
Hirst is currently trying is hand in finer arts, he is producing paintings in his London studio that are yet to be officially viewed or exhibited.
So before you call Damien Hirst a cunt try making millions and millions of dollars doing what you love and see how it feels. 
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