Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/26/hirst_buys_yeo_paris_portrait/
Damien Hirst buys Paris porn collage
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Posted in Bootnotes, 26th September 2008 18:45 GMT
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Skull bedazzler and shark preserving artist Damien Hirst [1] spent some of his recently acquired riches from a record-breaking art sale to purchase a collage of US socialite Paris Hilton composed of images from porn magazines.
The Hilton portrait, for which Hirst paid an undisclosed sum, is the latest in a series by fellow London artist Jonathan Yeo.
Yeo's medium of grumble mag clippings began after the White House canceled his commission to paint President George W. Bush – and he decided to continue on his own [2].
Hirst's art [3] set a new record for takings from a single artist sale last month at Sotheby's with estimated bids purchases of £40m. His recent works include an embalmed calf with hooves and horns made of 18-carat gold, rows of stamped out cigarette butts, a shark preserved in formaldehyde, and decapitated horse's head with a unicorn horn attached.
Yeo plans to print up posters of his latest collage, with proceeds from the sales being offered to Hilton herself. ®
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