Damien Hurst the artist has been real busy lately! Here's his latest. "For the Love of God" made with a skull and 8,601 diamonds, for £14 million -- sold to one of his regulars for £50 million!
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HOW'S ABOUT THIS, Ken G., and All?!!!!
Damien Hurst the artist has been real busy lately! Here's his latest. "For the Love of God" made with a skull and 8,601 diamonds, for £14 million -- sold to one of his regulars for £50 million!
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How bizzare!!!.....Sod the skull, I'll just have the rocks in a little velvet bag thank you...(or maybe a big one) forget the teeth
It's not just an ordinary skull, it's a replica cast in platinum.
I'm amazed it sold so fast. I thought he had only just announced it existed on the 1st June.
Creepy though.....................
Anyway...What's this guy got that I haven't ... Stupid question Duh!! ... Lots of dosh of course... I was thinking more in simple terms like talent...Silly me
That is also very perceptive, I don't doubt that he has some talent, but his greatest talent is in courting contoversy which has made him famous. The top end of the art world is all hype, and I include the old masters, not personally,in this. But is any painting or artwork really worth £x million.Originally Posted by FancyBits
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I think it is quite amazing actually. I saw a program where Damian Hurst was explaining the work.
All the diamonds are ethical ones and all the small ones are no more than 1 carat (or half a carat, I am not too sure anymore).
The only thing still human in there are the teeth from the real skull which was used to do the cast in platinum...
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Oh Yuck, Yuck...Creepy & Spooky....
You are right Ken..and that's exactly what masterpieces can command...I actually do appreciate art, but a skull? Where the devil would you put it? On a pedestal to look at and risk it being stolen? in a vault not to look at? I just cannot bring myself to appreciate it, I'm afraid...Let's hope you make your millions without having to float away on a cloud, hey.
Well a lot of the great masters of the past have actually painted skulls (on canvas of course)...
A fascination with death, maybe?
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