Damien Hirst was a shark in formaldehyde in a vitrine, and sold for £50,000. The shark had been caught by a commissioned fisherman in Australia and had cost £6,000. The exhibition also included "In a Thousand Years". As a result of the show, Hirst was nominated for that year's Turner Prize, but it was awarded to Grenville Davey. Hirst's first major international presentation was in the Venice Biennale in 1993 with the work, "Mother and Child Divided", a cow and a calf cut into sections and exhibited in a series of separate vitrines. He curated the show "Some Went Mad, Some Ran
Richard Hurst in 1994 and the RSC Buzz Goodbody Award in 1995. Richard Hurst Richard Hurst is a British writer and director of comedy, theatre and television. Born Richard Turner in Surrey, he attended Boston Grammar School and Oakham School before studying at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and training as a director at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal National Theatre Studio. He was a founding member of the sketch group The Four Horsemen, whose series "This Is Pop!" was broadcast on BBC Choice. His Edinburgh work has included work with Pegabovine and Girl and Dean, "Moon