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Damien Hirst

2010-05-17T04:30:00.000-07:00

Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He grew up in Leeds with his mother, Mary Brennan, and his stepfather. He took a foundation course at Leeds School of Art before applying for college. He was rejected by St. Martin's but moved to London in 1986 when he was accepted onto the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1989. While still a student in 1988, Damien conceived, organised and promoted "Freeze", an exhibition held in a Docklands warehouse. The show featured several of Damien's pieces, and work by 16 of his fellow Goldsmith's' students.

This amazingly successful self-promoted exhibition is widely believed to have been the starting point for the "Young British Artists" movement. After seeing Damien's work at the show, Charles Saatchi (ex Thatcher ad-man), began to collect his work and exhibited it in the first "Charles Saatchi's Young British Artists" show. In 1990, Saatchi bought Damien's A Thousand Years. Since then, he has produced a body of work that, admired from the start by collectors and curators, has also proved extraordinarily provocative. In 1992, he commissioned the piece The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living for about US$32,000. He has organised a succession of exhibitions that have helped to define a generation.

Damien's generation is one completely different from previous generations of artist. The Young British Artists are characterised by their independence, their entrepreneurial spirit, and their media savvy. Most promote their own shows, and are financed privately instead of by the Department of National Heritage establishment. This way, they needn't worry about being "discovered" by the conservative governmental agencies, and instead tend to draw in private patrons, like Saatchi.

A Personal Museum

2009-06-07T17:24:00.000-07:00

Summary of last lesson

2009-02-10T11:19:00.000-08:00

The summary of last lesson was about the construction of a written text with the appropriate arguments.
We must framing our position and adds structure to the essay.
About what is an argument or the way of it is a constructe can I tell that is a point of view about a contentions issue that is supported with evidence such that it might persuade someone.
There are intellectual tasks required by an argument like to have subject knowledge and to have knowledge of previous arguments and organize all information for criate an argument.
Finally, to produce a good argument we need change or add to the view our personal opinion about it and include examples.

Ciano

2009-01-06T12:36:00.000-08:00

Esta subcultura é caracterizada por um povo que usa muito a cor ciano.

As suas roupas são características dessa cor e normalmente algo em que trabalhem utilizam-na.

O uso desta cor é feito por eles serem muito pacifistas e,por ser clara, transmite tal ideologia que eles querem deixar transparecer para os outros povos.

Este povo respeita muito a natureza; o mar, o rio(a água em si), e o ar...

Como são muito pacifistas, só ouvem música calma.

São pessoas que levem tudo na boa maneira de pensar e não fazem uso de droga, nem fumam,mesmo quando há festas!Acreditam na reencarnação, e todos eles têm a crença de que já viveram muitas vidas.

Vivem em casas simples, com o que é estreitamente necessário à sua sobrevivência e cultivam as suas próprias terras. Vendem, então dessa forma, os seus produtos agrícolas, em feiras. E assim ganham o seu próprio dinheiro.

Falando agora na sua gastronomia, alimentam-se de legumes, frutas, leite, peixe e ovos. Não comem qualquer tipo de carnes.

Quando há qualquer tipo de doenças na sua comunidade, utilizam ervas medicinais para as curarem.