Damien Hirst - Skull. 'For the Love of God'

This diamond encrusted skull was created in 2007. Skulls are supposed to be reminders of death, in this case it reminds me of the death of a famous person, because the skull looks so expensive. When the skull was made each hole was cut to fit each piece of diamond. The huge amount of time and precision this must have taken has definitely paid off because the piece looks fantastic. It is exhibited at the White Cube gallery in London. This sculpture is made using an actual skull, from a man that lived over 1000 years ago. This piece to me really makes people look at things in a different way, it has many strong opinions about it because death is such a heavy subject. I find that it really puts a spin on the 'take your money to the grave' saying, there are probably very few people in the word that could actually buy the skull as that it costs $100 million.