6.24.2006
Q: What costs 15 to 18 million dollars and would add some serious (and much needed) bling to my apartment?
A: A life-sized human skull "Cast in platinum and covered with 8,500 diamonds" of course!
The artist, Damien Hirst, has this to say about his latest work:
Yeah. Now that's art! Some of Hirst's other works include the suspension of dead animals in formaldehyde (shark, sheep, etc... as well as a cow and calf cut precisely in half (the long way)) and a sculpture of a pregnant woman with layers of flesh stripped away to reveal the growing fetus. Nice.
A: A life-sized human skull "Cast in platinum and covered with 8,500 diamonds" of course!
The artist, Damien Hirst, has this to say about his latest work:
"I just want to celebrate life by saying to hell with death,' said the artist, 'What better way of saying that than by taking the ultimate symbol of death and covering it in the ultimate symbol of luxury, desire and decadence? The only part of the original skull that will remain will be the teeth. You need that grotesque element for it to work as a piece of art. God is in the details and all that."
Yeah. Now that's art! Some of Hirst's other works include the suspension of dead animals in formaldehyde (shark, sheep, etc... as well as a cow and calf cut precisely in half (the long way)) and a sculpture of a pregnant woman with layers of flesh stripped away to reveal the growing fetus. Nice.
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