Diamond Skull

Posted by Administrator on Monday, October 22, 2007, 14:54

This news item was posted in Amazing Stories category and has 17 Comments so far.

English artist Damon Hirst, known for his frozen blood head sculptures, and whole sharks preserved in formaldehyde has done it again, he’s managed to shock us all by using a real human skull for his latest art piece (click on image for detailed view).

Called, “For the Love of God” his new work consists of over 8,601 diamonds, weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats, covering the entire surface of a platinum cast of a human skull (retaining the original teeth), with a large pink diamond sitting in the center of its forehead, valued at $4.2M alone.

It does bring a new meaning to, “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”. In this case the diamonds are adorning that of a 35 year old European male believed to have been alive between 1720 and 181

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17 Responses to “Diamond Skull”

Jud

2007.10.22 20:53

Damien Hirst did NOT do the “frozen blood head sculptures” referred to in the opening text.

That piece is by Marc Quinn, and was a singular piece, which is rumored to have been destroyed when it’s owner, Charles Saatchi, was having remodeling done and a worker unplugged the freezer it was kept in…
rob

2007.10.22 20:58

“Frozen blood head sculptures”?!…Your confusing Hirst with Marc Quinn’s ‘Self’…good research la…
Justin

2007.10.22 22:11

Nice teeth for something that old. I wonder if the teeth are even real. I think black onyx would look better in my opinion. I believe diamonds are over-rated.
jazzking2001

2007.10.22 22:12

wow
lucy

2007.10.22 22:14

Freaking amazing…
Askabarr

2007.10.22 23:24

Shortly before I came across this picture, with the details of it’s structure and reference to part of it’s value;I was reading about water shortages,famine and crippling poverty. What to say about this ostentatious piece of “art”.I think I just said it.
Scott

2007.10.22 23:24

how the HELL did he afford to do that? and if he had contributors who helped him to (which he must have)how the HELL did they afford it? And how did he convince people to give him money for this? AYE!
Chuk Baldock

2007.10.22 23:52

I hate this fucking thing. What a waste of time. It says nothing. It means nothing. How many people had to die digging those goddamned diamonds out of the ground so this asshole could make himself a shiny, shiny skull? It’s RE!TAR!DED!
Susiesue

2007.10.23 00:24

If Paris Hilton were to see this she’d say: “Thats Hot”. And soon after she’d put it in her will that she’d like for this to be done on her skull.
Tony

2007.10.23 01:10

I wonder how many slaves were abused mining those diamonds. Cannot put a price on their misery!
ger

2007.10.23 01:18

beautifull, just beutifull. besides nothing says i love you like an overpriced rock, collected by seudoslaves
ostap

2007.10.23 01:25

This guy that made this sculpture out of diamonds also made another one of a cat and a dog. Here is the link. http://www.quazen.com/Science/Biology/The-Genetic-Code.53412
jaydvs

2007.10.23 01:39

can I have an eyesocket, I need the cash
cpdiety

2007.10.23 02:35

I think that this piece, whether intentionally or not, makes a powerful statement about all of the senseless abuse and bloodshed over this “precious” gem stone. If the diamond market weren’t exclusively controlled by De Beers, the value of the platinum used to cast the skull would far outstrip the value of diamonds
Mary Deal

2007.10.23 02:37

His teeth are still in pretty good shape too.
Douglas

2007.10.23 03:07

Yeah…I’m pretty sure you can relate diamonds to water-shortage…..
samuel

2008.06.06 00:15

cpdiety i couldnt agree more. the message IS that diamonds are a “blood” stone. A skull encrusted with diamonds. what else could the artist be saying.