For the Love of God : The Making of the Diamond Skull (9781904212201)

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.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 80 pages
• Dimensions 160 x 246 x 15mm | 500g
• Publication date 28 Feb 2009
• Publisher Other Criteria
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 68 colour
• ISBN10 1904212204
• ISBN13 9781904212201
• Bestsellers rank 774,847

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