September 18, 2008

The Audacity of Hirst

Clive Crook is on good form today:

I am a huge admirer of Damien Hirst. Not of the art, which is rubbish, but of the sheer productivity and exuberance he brings to his life's work of fleecing rich idiots. "Oh Damien, you're a genius. Screw me over again." "Why not," he says, munching a bacon butty.

Quite so. And why not indeed?

18 Sep 2008 15:09:25 | O Tempora, O Mores

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SouthBend7

Try as I might I've never been able to shake the feeling that Hirst buys into his own hype. Maybe that's just because my early exposure to him was through ardent pro-Hirst evangelists who thought he was the most clever guy since baked bread. That said, I do have to begrudgingly admire his audacity.

Posted by: SouthBend7 | September 18, 2008 at 09:44 PM

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