>One of those jackass Brit artists that Julian Stallabrass wrote
>about in High Art Lite - Damien Hirst I think - made a "sculpture"
>out of cigarette butts he accumulated while hanging out in the
>Drones Club as his assistants executed his art back in his studio.
And some other jackass paid 1.8 million pounds for it. This was in 2008. Hirst said: "I'm totally amazed that my art is selling while banks are falling."
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