HIRST, Damien (b. 1965). I
want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always,
forever, now, edited by Robert Violette. London: Booth-Clibborn Editions,
1997. 4to (330 x 288mm). Coloured photographs and illustrations, some folding,
transformation plates operated by tabs, pop-ups and onlays, by Damien hirst.
Original red leatherette stamped in blind and gold, spine lettered in black,
dust-jacket (jacket adhering to covers). A large folding coloured flyer for the
book is loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DAMIEN HIRST ON THE HALF
TITLE. “A 12-foot tiger shark in formaldehyde, a cow and her calf sawn in two,
cabinets of pharmaceutical bottles filled with controlled substances, house
paint flung onto spinning canvases, spot paintings, cigarette butts: this is
the unmistakable sphere of Damien Hirst’s work … This publication – Hirst’s
first – is the artist’s beguiling statement of his ideas and obsessions in life
and art to date. Expressed in his own words, and illustrated by his own selection
of over 700 images, pop-ups and special inserts [the work] encompasses the
entire range of his work – paintings, sculptures, installations and films. In
this book, Hirst has created an iconoclastic work that challenges the
boundaries of art, science, media and popular culture” (from the front
turn-in).
