For the Love of God : the making of the diamond skull

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For the Love of God : the making of the diamond skull

Damien Hirst ; [edited and designed by Jason Beard]

Other Criteria/White Cube, c2007

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Making of the diamond skull

Beyond Belief

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalog of the exhibition held at the White Cube, London, 03. 06, 2007-07. 07, 2007

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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, London, 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 archaeology and dentistry have also contributed detailed studies on the diamond skull, including analyses of its age and ancestry.

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