Talk:Damien Hirst

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Contents 1 Away from the flock 2 Anagram and joke 3 Trivia 4 Profanity 5 Copyright 6 Spot Paintings

[edit] Away from the flock

This article is inaccurate or misleading. At one point it credits "Away from the Flock" as being created in 1994 yet it was also allegedly vandalized or destroyed in 1993.

• According to the August 1994 Daily Telegraph article which is reprinted in Hirst's book, the artist Mark Bridger vandalized "Away From The Flock" in May 1994. --Wedneswolf 03:53, 2005 May 26 (UTC)

[edit] Anagram and joke

• Does the Anagram in the Trivia section belong here?

I agree, and have deleted it. Thanks for making the comment. I put it in, because I was covering all aspects, but I felt afterwards it let the article down. I've removed the "joke" too, but it's below if anyone wants it.

Tyrenius 21:30, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

• This joke is derived from Hirst's use of employees to make his work:

Q: How many YBAs does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: None. They get their assistants to do it because they've got a drinking appointment in Soho with Keith Allen.(Hirst superstar, Channel 4 website)

[edit] Profanity

Direct quotes from Hirst including the words "fucking" and "fuck" had letters replaced by asterisks. I reverted this as it is against Wiki guidelines, as on Wikipedia:Profanity:

A profanity should either appear in its full form or not at all; obscene words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters in the word with dashes, asterisks, or other symbols. This guideline is especially important when quoting relevant material.

Tyrenius 00:25, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright

I have taken the following out of the article. The ref given is a spoof site, but the incident did happen and there is at least one national newspaper mention, which should be used. Also the wording of "took legal proceedings" needs to be confirmed for its precise accuracy. Tyrenius 12:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

In 2004 lawyers acting on the behalf of Mr Hirst took legal proceedings against Simon Phillips for a website that lampooned the artist. The Damien-Hirst.co.uk files

[edit] Spot Paintings

Are the spots really coloured at random, or is that just a loose way of saying "with no obvious pattern"? William Avery 22:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Apparently colouration is random using household paint charts, so it operates within pre-defined parameters. Tyrenius 01:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Looking at the article on randomness it seems to comply with the "non-scientific" definition. William Avery 08:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)