Customer Reviews

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

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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? :*)

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.

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.

This is the best Damien Hirst book available covering all of his now classic work in an inventive format that makes the book it's own piece of art. Highly recommended.

The most extraordinary book of the most extraordinary artist...
The object of art itself! A must have for anyone who's interested in art...

Book is in excellent condition. I am very thankful and satisfied because I contacted the seller for expedited delivery. I was going overseas and needed the book. The book arrived way ahead of time and it did not cost me extra. I recommend purchasing from this seller without question.

The book was disappointing. Not just the "suicidal" recommendations part, but childish poorly performed pop-ups and pretty cheap "pull out" features.
Actually I was more interested in Hirst's works before I saw this book than I am now.

Damien Hirst is one of if not the greatest con-artists of this generation.
Avoid his ponzi scheme "art" like the plague.