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Posted Jun. 4, 2007,
Damian Hirst's 100 Million Dollar Bling
By Kim Hastreiter
"For the Love of God", Damian Hirst's latest piece of brilliant and outrageous art, was unveiled at his latest show called "Beyond Belief," at Jay Jopling's new gallery, White Cube 3, in London's West End. The piece, which was seen in magazines and newspapers around the world this weekend is, according to the artist, the "most expensive piece of art ever made" (the price tag is 99 million dollars). It was even given a full page photo in the New York Times Magazine's Style section. Is this fashion? is this jewelry? Is this bling? WHO WILL BUY THIS? WHAT an amazing and loaded object to put out there in the world. He financed the work and he will make the dough on it when it sells. "For the Love of God" (called this because this is what Hirst's mum supposedly said when she heard about it for the first time) is a human skull, cast in platinum and encrusted in 8,500 diamonds, including a 50 karat pear-shaped gem plopped on the forehead of the skull.
I must admit, although many of my friends hate Hirst (especially his dead aniimal stuff), I think this is one of the most brilliant pieces of art I've seen in a while. Yes it's hype, but yes, it's also so so smart and says so much about art, the artworld, money, greed and our sick society. I just can't stop thinking about this amazing piece of art. I mean LOOK AT IT! It's completely blown my mind.