Damien Hirst

From the "40 Woodcut Spots" series, based on a grid featuring circular "spots" of color on a white background aligned at regular intervals, with the spaces between them always the same distance as their diameter. The title is of a compound taken arbitrarily from a chemical company's catalogue of "Biochemicals for Research and Diagnostic Reagents." The print is made from individual, circular blocks of wood, each inked separately by hand, placed onto a matrix and passed through a press. Hirst began the series in 1986, painting them directly onto a wall. The idea came from his father who painted the door of their house with blue spots.