Article: Damien Hirst.(Interview)

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FIRST HE OUTRAGED ART AUDIENCES in the EARLY 1990S WITH WORKS like his SHARK IN FORMALDEHYDE. (THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BANNED one PIECE on THE GROUNDS THAT it MIGHT INDUCE VOMITING.) THEN he OUTRAGED CRITICS with TACTICS like DECORATING a CAST OF A HUMAN SKULL with 8,601 DIAMONDS WORTH MORE than 820 MILLION. NOW, the ULTIMATE BRITISH BAD BOY has OUTRAGED DEALERS by SKIPPING THE GALLERY and SELLING his WORK at AUCTION. HE MAY HAVE JUST BEEN MAKING a LITTLE HIRST-STYLE MISCHIEF--OR CHANGING the STATE of THE ART MARKET FOREVER

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