The Rebellious Curator

Spin Painting by Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is a British artist who was part of the Young British Artists of the 1990's. Supposedly, one of the UK's wealthiest living artists and an influential collector. Classified as a Conceptual Artist, Hirst's varied art practice explores relationships between art, religion, science, life and death. His spin paintings were made by pouring thin paint on to a large spinning canvas. As the paint splashed down, the spinning motion forced the drips outward to create a pattern. Hirst said he was inspired to try this technique after watching a creative learning segment of a children's television program. Hirst was known to title his spin paintings with long, elaborate descriptive titles.  

"I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work." - Damien Hirst

Uh, ok Damien.