Artist field note

Damien Hirst

Death, display and the price of looking.

For the Love of God by Damien Hirst
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For the Love of God

2007

A platinum skull covered in diamonds turns mortality into luxury object and market spectacle.

The five in one idea

Hirst made mortality, medicine, spectacle and market value part of the same display system.