Damien Hirst. Artist or Scammer?

Question: Damien Hirst!. Artist or Scammer!?

Whats folks take on his latest event!?

BTW, i've got some old trainers that are gathering dust in shoe boxes!.They symbolise the long road i have walked in life!.Bidding starts at 2!.4million!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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we've just started mentioning damien hurst in Art!.!.
i have never been so unbelievably bored!.!.!.
I had to stare at a dead lamb for a lesson!.

btw your quote about the trainers made me laugh!.!.
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Most modern art is just a 'reflection of society' or a 'reflection of culture'!. Buy a mirror!. I'm looking for cultural enlightenment and a new phase of consciousness, so I'll take the trainers!.

By the way, does anyone need a pair of underwear with a giant skidmark in them, that symbolise at once the virility of man and his base reality, and which really would work fine if you turned them inside out!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I always think of "The Emperor's New Clothes" when I hear how much Damien Hirst makes with his so-called 'art'!. Good luck selling your trainers though! I'm afraid I won't be bidding as I already have an old pair of trainers and if Tracy Emin's reading, I have an unmade bed and an old tent too!. Offers, anyone!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Damien and Tracey seem to belong to the 'it's art because I say it is' school of thought!.
Of course, the equally valid flip side of that is that 'it's not art if I say it's not'!.
Guess what!.!.!.!?
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He seems almost uniquely able to sell sh*te for a lot more than its worth!.

I heard Gordon Brown wants him to run the next election campaign for Labour!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i actually like his work!. to appreciate it you need to see it for real!. although!.!.!.!. that crystal skull was abit naff!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com