... others - from painting to dead creatures preserved in formaldehyde, his work takes many shapes and forms. Some of his greatest commercial works are his 'spin-paintings' such as Beautiful, Kiss my fxxxing ass in which one of his assistants pours paint onto a revolving canvas to create the strange, swirling brightly coloured effect. These paintings, he claims, were inspired by the children's programme Blue Peter and reflect the bright, do-it-yourself message of the program. Hirst's point is that the 'spin-paintings' impart the same message to all who see them. Critics, however, take a different view of these works, which they claim are used to inflate the prices of his work on the market, and will lead to a price bubble. The paintings are made in just eight minutes, and often by one of Hirst's assistants and yet they sell for tens of thousands of pounds. As his dealer and owner ...

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