I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now [Hardcover]

Damien Hirst (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2006

Due to popular demand, this extraordinary book project by Damien Hirst is now available in a reduced format. This dynamic and provocative collection of Hirst's ideas and obsessions is a powerful combination of text and visual elements. Each piece is set against a visual narrative of drawings, words, photography, typography, pop-ups, and other special effects that make this book like no other. An essay by cult novelist Gordon Burn looks at Hirst's work and the breadth of its impact. Designed by Jonathan Barnbrook, this is a landmark publication that has redefined the fine art monograph.

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About the Author

Born in Bristol in 1965, Damien Hirst studied at Goldsmith s College, London. In 1988 he curated the now renowned exhibition, Freeze , held in London. In 1991, he had his first solo exhibition in London entitled In and Out of Love and the following year he was a major part of the groundbreaking Young British Artists exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, London. He was awarded the prestigious Turner Prize, London in 1995. Hirst s work has been shown in many important group and solo shows throughout the world. He lives and works in Devon, London and Mexico.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Booth-Clibborn; Compact edition (March 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861542798
• ISBN-13: 978-1861542793
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is a masterpiece by Hirst and Barnbrook, November 22, 2000

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Witold Riedel (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now (Hardcover)

What a tour de force! This is one of the most beautifully designed books money can buy. Jonathan Barnbrook created (together with Damien Hirst) a timeless masterpiece of book design. If you want to see what is possible in this medium, you want to own this book. It is hauntingly beautiful, filled with amazing interactive pieces bringing you as close to Hirst's thinking and work as printed matter can get you.

What you are about to experience is a superbly intelligent visual introduction ot Hirst's process united with breathtaking depictions of the results.

A tiny note for the "practical book-user": This book is a work of Damien Hirst's. In such a publication one should not be surprised to find "safety guidlines" on how to successfully "deal with one's own life" - by using a gun. Gun owners might think twice before showing this book to their loved ones. Yet that's another story. Or maybe not, from Hirst's point of view? :*)

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Daring Realm of Damien Hirst, October 26, 2000

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This review is from: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now (Hardcover)

Damien Hirst is one of the most creative and influential contemporary artists. This is a wonderful book that examines the whole of Damien Hirst's career and all of his beautifully shcoking ideas. This book itself is an amazing work of art. It contains not only many wonderful full color panels, but it has all kinds of extremely interesting interactive pages that mimic some of Hirst's work. I highly suggest this wonderful book that does justice to this incredible artist.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book As An Art Object, April 25, 2009

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Buffy (Sunnydale) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now (Hardcover)

Hopefully someone can make a video review of this book because words are not enough. This book (in the compact, reduced edition) is a work of art. In addition to covering all the key phases of Hirst artwork, the book goes several steps further by becoming a work of art itself. There are loose prints, die cuts, pop-ups, fold outs, and more. This might sound kitschy but if you have a chance to see the book in person you'll see that the description doesn't do justice to the actual book. Even if you are just a casual fan of Hirst this is a great book to have in your art library, a one-of-a-kind production.