Damien Hirst was born on June 7 1965. He is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is internationally known, and is known as Britain's richest living artist. He focuses more on conceptual art, installation art, and painting. He become famous for his many excellent works with death often being his central theme.In 2008 leading art critic Robert Hughes said Hirst was responsible for the decline in contemporary art. Hughes said Hirst's work was tacky and absurd in a 2008 TV documentary called The Mona Lisa Curse, made by Hughes in Britain.
I have to agree with Hughes on this one. I don't see how a work named "for the love of God" like this one is can be so ugly and scary. I think the words "tacky" and "absurd" fit this piece of art very well. I don't see how Hirst has gotten people to fall in love with artworks such as these, but then again I'm no art critic. In my opinion, I think anyone is capable of making an artwork such as this one.
-O.D.
Damien Hirst was given a lot of bad press for making his For Love of God skull. Most critics say he ruined art and that he was involved in the decline of contemporary art. The Mona Lisa Curse video we watched in class really showed how crazy the art world has really gone. But, I want to talk about this skull. To me as an art piece I find it very artistic and different. I'm not talking about its price or fashion. I'm talking about how he took a different medium (diamonds) and covered a canvas (skull ) with them. To me this was very different and a new style or art form. But on the money side of it I find it disgusting and unappealing. If this skull was made for money then its a shame. If it was made out of creativity and imagination then I can see how it is a form of art. Hirst was a creativity and an art killer at the same time.
- Owen
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