Research Damian Hirst's work, which is a Diamond Encrusted Skull.Discuss what this work is about, especially in relation to Mercantillism.In your opinion does it communicate these ideas effectively? After reading about this work, what is your opinion of it as a work of art?
Damian Hurt's work the Diamond Encrusted Skull titled, 'For the Love of God' is a human skull that is beleived to have come from a man who lived between 1720 and 1810 from Reuters. This skull is covered in 8601 pave set diamonds that weighs around 1106.18 carats, the single large diamond inthe middle of the forehead is reportedly worth $4.2 million. The diamond encrusted skull is said to be worth more than $50 million or maybe even $100 million.
Hurst financed this whole project himself and it estimated to cost between $10 and $15 million!
This piece of work is the center piece for his show 'Beyond Belief' which is in Jay Joplings new gallery 'White Cube 3' in London.
The name for this piece of art came from his mother who asked her son "For the love of god, what are you going to do next?"
Hurst believes that this piece of art is about when archaeology is inspiring modern art. He has taken something that has been done in many cultures throughout many different times and reproduced it into popular and profitable art.
Damian Hurst wants to celebarte life by saying to hell with death. What better way of saying that then by taking the ultimate symbol of death and covering it in the ultimate symbol of luxury, desire and decodence.
I fell that in this piece of art Hurst has expressed what he wanted to say very well because to me it looks very expensive and only someone who is very much upper class and wealthy would own something like this.
To me i do feel this is a piece of art because it took a long time to come together and people look at is as if its very delicate and priceless which i believe alot of art work is.
This piece of art is also worth alot becasue Damian Hurst is a very well known artist, he is estimated to be worth around $100 million alone. He is ranked as the most powerful indiviual in the contempory art world by Art Review magazine.
Damian Hurt's work the Diamond Encrusted Skull titled, 'For the Love of God' is a human skull that is beleived to have come from a man who lived between 1720 and 1810 from Reuters. This skull is covered in 8601 pave set diamonds that weighs around 1106.18 carats, the single large diamond inthe middle of the forehead is reportedly worth $4.2 million. The diamond encrusted skull is said to be worth more than $50 million or maybe even $100 million.
Hurst financed this whole project himself and it estimated to cost between $10 and $15 million!
This piece of work is the center piece for his show 'Beyond Belief' which is in Jay Joplings new gallery 'White Cube 3' in London.
The name for this piece of art came from his mother who asked her son "For the love of god, what are you going to do next?"
Hurst believes that this piece of art is about when archaeology is inspiring modern art. He has taken something that has been done in many cultures throughout many different times and reproduced it into popular and profitable art.
Damian Hurst wants to celebarte life by saying to hell with death. What better way of saying that then by taking the ultimate symbol of death and covering it in the ultimate symbol of luxury, desire and decodence.
I fell that in this piece of art Hurst has expressed what he wanted to say very well because to me it looks very expensive and only someone who is very much upper class and wealthy would own something like this.
To me i do feel this is a piece of art because it took a long time to come together and people look at is as if its very delicate and priceless which i believe alot of art work is.
This piece of art is also worth alot becasue Damian Hurst is a very well known artist, he is estimated to be worth around $100 million alone. He is ranked as the most powerful indiviual in the contempory art world by Art Review magazine.
This piece of art work doesn't really relate to mercantilism because mercantilism is when a system is based on the city or nation state's fixation with getting more national wealth and increasing its economic power. Hirst did not aim to sell his art works, he believes that every art work has very different ideas and themes.
However many people believe that this art piece is connected to mercaniltism. They think that the Diamond Encrusted Skull connectes with mercantilism by them seeing this through their ambition. You can tell this by the way articles have been written about the work: most of the articles are about how much the piece is worth and how much it cost Hirst to produce it, not about the meaning behind it or the reason why Damien Hirst made this particular piece.
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