There's more to life than making jam and having kids, 2002 Hockney's Alphabet and fine art traditions

and fine art traditions

1937) began his career in graphic design before emerging as one of America's most influential contemporary artists

a curiosity sparked by the artist's move to Los Angeles and an exposure to new flora different from the East Coast varieties of his origins

moving beyond the visceral shock of his early installations—such as the formaldehyde animals and medical vitrines—and toward a more structured

There's more to life than making jam and having kids, 2002 Hockney's Alphabet and fine art traditionsIn a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume I, 2002 is a distinguished set of 23 etchings by Damien Hirst, published by The Paragon Press. This series represents Hirst's pioneering effort to translate his innovative Spin Paintings into the printmaking medium. Since the mid 1990s, Damien Hirst has explored abstraction by pouring paint onto rotating canvases attached to a spin machine. In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume I