The next Damien Hirst - at 50?

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Many art schools in the UK admit large numbers of 'mature' students every year, indicating that many people wish to fulfill an ambition to be successful in the arts, even quite late in life. However, these people often have mixed achievements. In some cases, their very determination can work against them, as they are unwilling to take advice. In other cases, a negative reaction from peers can prove very damaging. People who begin writing in later life may be more successful than those who take up an artistic pursuit.

Middle aged persons, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Study and teaching, Arts

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Death, passion and contradition, by Bowie and Hirst

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Installation art can never be adequately described in writing, and must be seen at first hand in order to be fully appreciated, according to Damien Hirst, who has attracted considerable controversy with many of his pieces. The most important thing is that a work of art is attractive, and it need not necessarily have a strong intellectual content. He has no social conscience when working, and is not concerned with how his work is interpreted by the audience.

Social aspects, Interview, Hirst, Damien, Installations (Art)

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Professor J.M. Hirst

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Aerobiologist John Hirst developed a strong interest in farming and the sea during holidays as a child with farm worker relatives. He served with the Royal Navy in the Coastal Forces during the second world war, and in 1946 entered Reading University, England, to study Agricultural Botany. He was appointed Director of the Long Ashton Research Station at Bristol, England, in 1975, focusing this institution's research on arable cropping.

Obituary, Biologists, Hirst, John Malcolm

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