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It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

Damien Hirst

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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Film Director
Illustrator
Installation Artist
Painter
Printmaker
Restaurateur
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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