For the Love of God : the making of the diamond skull / Damien Hirst ; edited and designed by Jason Beard.
By: Hirst, Damien [author.].
Contributor(s): Beard, Jason [editor.] | White Cube (Gallery)
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BookPublisher: London : Other Criteria/White Cube, c2007Description: 78 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), [1] folded plate ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781904212201; 1904212204.Other title: Making of the diamond skull.Subject(s): Sculpture, Modern -- 21st century | Skull in artGenre/Form: Exhibition catalogs.DDC classification: 700.4561 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 700.4561 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00179723 |
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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, 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 archeology and dentistry have also contributed detailed studies on the diamond skull, including analyses of its age and ancestry.
Catalog of an exhibition 'Beyond Belief' held at White Cube, London, June 3-July 7, 2007.
Victory over decay / Rudi Fuchs -- Report on the measurement and bioarchaeological analysis of the skull / Tania Kausmally, Hedley Swain, Bill White -- A study of the reflection and refraction of light in diamond / Marcel Tolkowsky -- Report on estimated age of the skull's teeth / Dr. Helen Liversidge -- Explanation of the results of radiocarbon dating / Thomas Higham -- The mineral and carbon structure of a diamond / Steven Dutch -- Report on a general analysis of the skull / Dr. Theya Molleson -- Report on the use of CRANID to evaluate the likely ancestry of the skull / Prof. Richard Wright.
"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, it gives a fascinating pictorial insight into how Hirst's diamond skull piece 'For the Love of God' was conceived and produced." --Amazon website, viewed 1/9/08.