--- title: Damien Hirst Paintings and Art as the Artists Turns 50 description: From sharks to skulls, see some of Damien Hirst's most iconic pieces canonical: https://time.com/3909154/damien-hirst-art/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-07T05:00:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:11.981Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See the Outrageous Spectrum of Damien Hirst's Art og:description: As the iconic English artist turns 50, look back at some of his most famous works og:url: https://time.com/3909154/damien-hirst-art/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bf16ae3d6a9968/698853060b72e33f0a6e44fe/damien-hirst-art-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: British artist Damien Hirst poses next to his painting "I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds", at the Tate Modern gallery in London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Outrageous Spectrum of Damien Hirst's Art twitter:description: As the iconic English artist turns 50, look back at some of his most famous works twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bf16ae3d6a9968/698853060b72e33f0a6e44fe/damien-hirst-art-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Outrageous Spectrum of Damien Hirst's Art > Sponsored content. 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The work, part of his Kaleidoscope series, consists of butterfly wings in household paint.Toby Melville—Reuters by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 7, 2015 5:00 AM UTC It’s hard to say how much longer Damien Hirst can be called the _enfant terrible_ of the art world—with his 50th birthday on Sunday, he’s no longer anywhere near an “_enfant,_” and his work is now so familiar to many that much of its shock appeal has faded. But some pieces will always polarize the public, some of which continue to be turned off by his diamond-encrusted skulls and formaldehyde-preserved animals (though critics have mostly agreed upon his talent and influence). And with his works frequently fetching millions at auction, there’s no denying his impact on the market.  Hirst with his painting "I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds" (2006), at the Tate Modern gallery in London April 2, 2012\. The work, part of his Kaleidoscope series, consists of butterfly wings in household paint. Toby Melville—Reuters  Pills are a recurring motif for Hirst, whose 2002 work "In This Terrible Moment We Are All Victims of an Environment That Refuses to Acknowledge the Soul" is shown here being assembled in the Brandhorst modern art museum in Munich. Alexandra Beier—Reuters  Hirst's iconic "Spot Paintings" are mostly executed by his assistants. This one, "Urea-13C" (2001-2006), shares a name with a breath test for H. pylori. Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  Perhaps Hirst's most famous work, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" (1991) consists of a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde. Miro Kuzmanovic—Reuters  Similar to the shark work, "The Dream" (2008) preserves a horse with a unicorn's horn. Peter Macdiarmid—Getty Images  "Legend" (2011), a painted bronze, is displayed here at Chatsworth House, with the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire looking on. Darren Staples—Reuters  Another signature Hirst is the diamond-encrusted platinum skull, "For the Love of God" (2007), with original 18th-century human teeth. 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