Angus Fairhurst, 41, British artist
LONDON - Angus Fairhurst, one of the group of "Young British Artists" who stormed the international art scene in the 1990s, has died. He was 41.
Mr. Fairhurst's spokeswoman, Erica Bolton, said yesterday that the artist committed suicide Saturday during a walk in a remote part of Scotland. She did not specify how he died.
Born in 1966 in Penbury in southern England, Mr. Fairhurst studied at Goldsmiths College in London in the 1980s, where his contemporaries included Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, and Sarah Lucas.
They and their work, first shown in the 1988 exhibition "Freeze," were central to the group of provocative and playful young artists dubbed the "Young British Artists."
Mr. Fairhurst's paintings, sculptures, and installations were exhibited around the world.
His last show was at London's Sadie Coles gallery last month.
