HIRST


Meaning of HIRST in English

(1965– )

an English artist. He became famous in the early 1990s with a series of works consisting of dead animals in glass cases full of formaldehyde (= a special liquid that preserves things). He won the Turner Prize in 1995 with Mother and Child Divided (Cow and Calf) . Some people find his work offensive.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.