<DIV>This catalogue illustrates the complete paintings featured in Damien Hirst&#8217;s recent New York exhibition &#8216;The Elusive Truth&#8217;. Extended captions written by the artist accompany many of the paintings. <BR><BR>Damien Hirst&#8217;s art takes on numerous forms. He tackles the big subjects of love, desire, life and death, and creates unavoidable sculptures and paintings that contain irony, wit and wisdom while questioning art&#8217;s role in contemporary culture. &#8216;The Elusive Truth&#8217;, Hirst&#8217;s recent exhibition of paintings, signals an exciting new direction in his work.</DIV>