Damien
Hirst
A Provocateur of Mortality: The Life and Art of Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst, born in Bristol, England, in 1965, emerged as a defining figure of contemporary art, not through gentle evolution but through deliberate provocation. His journey began with an unsettling fascination—a teenage visit …
A portrait built from Damien Hirst's own colours
Every 11 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
