In London, runs the pre-show of famous Demiena Hirst. The artist in conversation with journalists, described the work, which considers the most important in my career

Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst), perhaps the most successful of living artists, sitting surrounded by hundreds of his new works to be sold at auction at Sotheby's next week for 65 million pounds, sighing. «I am - Damien Hurst, and nothing can not do, - he said." - All of this - something like a collection of hits Demiena Hirst. Plays out a bit and I think that as long as I am enough. I need to think, rethink itself ».

It is unlikely to worry. In the perfect dress, with clean skin and luster in the eyes, as if he was born again: do not drink, no smoke and gives a long thoughtful responses to all questions, even before it could hear only a couple of short, inarticulate sentences. He jokes about his relationship with Charles Saatchi (Charles Saatchi). But after he had quarreled with his first patron, the rift between them with great attention should be all the British art community. It can be difficult to learn and higgledy-piggledy frostily Hirst, who was star of the group «Young British Artists» (Young British Artists).

He first put the new work at Sotheby's auction, directly from his studio. For this act closely followed his fellow artists, competing auction houses and art dealers. «If we make money, then this should be dealt with by the artist himself», - said Hurst, whose sculpture of a skull with diamonds was sold last year for 50 million pounds. «Why is it accepted that people may not be the real artist, if he earns the money, but not starving, sitting in a box room in the attic in holey jeans. But Picasso, Warhol, and I - we took the commercial aspect of art. Goya, Rembrandt and Velázquez - they all thought about the commercial side of their work. This art is in first place, and money - on the second. I decided to risk, and I hope that art will be able to surpass the money ».

In reference to Robert Hughes (Robert Hughes) - criticism, which is called the Hurst embodiment of the full commercialization of art, he ogryznulsya: «Robert - what? - And then said: - nothing else it was not expected. Perhaps, he travels in the wagon, zapryazhennoy horses, as the enemy of any new developments. Perhaps there is something of Luddites ». But it was obvious that the criticism hurt him. Hurst admitted that he took with him on vacation book about Hughes Goye written in a rather mentorskom tone to read it on the beach: «I have only read up to ten pages. When I stumbled upon the phrase that Damien Hurst, unlike Goya, not a real artist, I was not able to read more. I was just disgusting ».

Pre-show Beautiful Inside My Head Forever is open for daily visits to the beginning of Sotheby ' s 15-16 September . It presents all «brand» Hirst works: paintings, speed, pictures of butterflies, paintings with circles, animal corpses in tanks of formaldehyde, and even pig with wings.

Over twenty years of work in the field of art Damien Hurst has created thousands of very different works. But in front of his personal auction, he called the four works that are considered most important in my career.

«A thousand years» (A Thousand Years, 1990) . It is a glass container in which the larvae feeding on carrion meat, turning into flies, which then die in the electric trap for insects. This work Hurst bought from Charles Saatchi, when he was selling off his collection of the artist.

«The physical impossibility of death in the minds of living» (The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991) , better known as a shark in formaldehyde . First, it bought Charles Saatchi for 50 thousand pounds, and two years later it was resold to the American art collector Steven Cohen (Steven Cohen) has over 6 million pounds.

«For the love of the Lord» (For the Love of God, 2007) - platinum human skull, inlaid with diamonds, which cost - 50 million pounds. It was purchased by a group of investors, one of which is the Hurst.

«Golden Taurus» (The Golden Calf, 2008) - one of the major collections of lots Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, which can be purchased at an auction at Sotheby's next week. Represents the aquarium with gold frames, which is a stuffed bull with golden horns and hoofs, horns of a bull put a disc of pure gold. The cost of this work is estimated at 12 million pounds.

Source: guardian.co . uk