The Rise in an Artist's Popularity...
Posted on January 21, 2008 at 9:06 AM.
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The controversial contemporary artist Damien Hirst had a comparatively brief stage as an emerging artist in the early 1990s. This phase normally requires many years of attending to ones subject matter and networking within the art world - due to the natural processes of self-discovery and the sheer magnitude of new talent entering the market.
At this time there was a somewhat staid
The synergistic combination of Saatchi's transfer from advertising mogul to art dealer and the culmination of Hirsts' collaborative energy directed into organising Freeze, as a second year student at Goldsmiths, was a predominant catalyst for his meteoric rise.
As both first-movers rode the crest of the YBA wave, coupled with Hirst's controversial behaviour and fascination with death and dying, a perfect match had been made with the spiritual void of a consumerist society and the media coverage that followed.
For those who enjoy statistics & information: In 2006 Hirst rose from 64 to No. 57 in ArtPrice's top 500. The highest price achieved was $3 million, turning over 105 pieces valued at $16,868,444. His 2007 rank accelerated to No. 2, with a top hammer price of Euro 13 million, turning over 122 pieces totalling Euro 38 million. In 2008 there were signs of some levelling off of sale value which included the controversial Golden Calf auction as Hirst slipped to 3rd place, a top hammer price of Euro 6 million and total of 233 lots equating to Euro 54 million.
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