For the Love of God

E191894

For the Love of God is Damien Hirst’s infamous platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with diamonds, emblematic of his exploration of mortality, value, and spectacle in contemporary art.

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For the Love of God canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary artwork ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artForm installation art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artist Damien Hirst ⓘ
associatedWith art market speculation ⓘ
contemporary British art ⓘ
castIn platinum ⓘ
collection private collection ⓘ
color silver ⓘ
white ⓘ
copyrightHolder Damien Hirst ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Damien Hirst ⓘ
depicts human skull ⓘ
exhibitedAt Rijksmuseum ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
White Cube gallery ⓘ
linked to: White Cube
fabricationMethod lost-wax casting ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn debates on value in contemporary art ⓘ
public discourse on death in art ⓘ
hasPart diamonds ⓘ
skull ⓘ
teeth ⓘ
hasType memento mori artwork ⓘ
inception 2007 ⓘ
inspiredBy Memento mori tradition ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locationOfCreation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainSubject death ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
spectacle ⓘ
value ⓘ
materialUsed diamonds ⓘ
human skull ⓘ
platinum ⓘ
real human teeth ⓘ
movement Young British Artists ⓘ
notableFor exploration of death and luxury ⓘ
high production cost ⓘ
use of real diamonds ⓘ
notableWorkOf Damien Hirst ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
uses encrusted diamonds ⓘ

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Damien Hirst → notableWork → For the Love of God ⓘ