For the Love of God: The Making of the Diamond Skull
- ISBN-10
- 1904212204
- ISBN-13
- 9781904212201
- Series
- For the Love of God
- Category
- Art / Individual Artists / General
- Pages
- 78
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-12
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Author
- Damien Hirst
Description
This book is a creative guide to the making of arguably the most extraordinary art object to be made in the 21st century. Published to accompany the 2007 exhibition "Damien Hirst: Beyond Belief" at White Cube, it gives a fascinating pictorial insight into how Hirst's diamond skull piece "For the Love of God" was conceived and produced.
Illustrated with candid behind-the-scenes photographs by Johnnie Shand Kydd, the book includes a number of preparatory drawings by Damien Hirst and a fold-out image of the diamond skull.
Accompanying this is an essay by the art historian Rudi Fuchs, who writes, "The skull is out of this world, celestial almost. I tend to see it as a glorious intense victory over death." A number of leading experts in the fields of archeology and dentistry have also contributed detailed studies on the diamond skull, including analyses of its age and ancestry.
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