Damien Hirst: A Provocative Vision of Mortality and Modernity Born in 1965 in Bristol, England, Damien Hirst is undeniably one of the most controversial and commercially successful artists of his generation. Initially associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs) movement of the early 1990s – a group that irrevocably shifted the boundaries of contemporary art – Hirst has since forged a singular artistic path marked by audacious sca…