Skull with Ashtray and Lemon

Internationally recognised for his irreverent approach to artmaking, blurring the lines between media and expanding their possibilities, Damien Hirst has helped set contemporary art on a practically limitless course. Through a decisive interplay of technology, technique and material, Hirst’s artworks engage with his signature themes of love, death, religion, science, belief and beauty to create works that are both visually and conceptually compelling. In Damien Hirst’s ‘Skull with Ashtray and Lemon’ (2009) Hirst sets a characterfully vibrant yellow lemon against moody tones of blue.