Why Would Hirst Use Diamonds On His Art Analysis

The final piece was reported to cost an estimated 14 million pounds to produce.

What might viewers experience when they see this artwork for the first time? When the skull is exhibited, the viewer’s eyes are dazzled from the blinding lights from the diamonds. After their eyes adjusted to the light, the viewer can see a shiny skull on a pedestal, encased in glass. As the viewer walks up to the case for a closer look, he/she is surprised to see that the skull is completely covered by thousands of priceless gemstones. As the viewer looks at the art piece in wonder, they know that the skull represents death, but be thinking: “Why would Hirst use diamonds on his art piece?” ”Is it based on a religious or cultural significance?” “Is it a message saying that there is something great about death?”A human skull represents death, but this skull also represents death from a different point of view. The dazzling diamond-encrusted skull suggests that death isn’t only a time

As the viewer enters the room two things may happen in response to what he/she sees at the divided vitrine at the center of the room; (1.) the viewer may throw up or flinch in disgust at the site and smell of the cow’s head rotting in a pool of dried blood, with live flies eating it, dead flies lying everywhere and a tray of maggots nearby, (2.) they viewer may be drawn with intrigue to the movements of the files, the dice-shaped box on the opposite side of the vitrine or the performance of the life cycle of simple and primitive organisms. “A Thousand Years” synthesizes three forces that are an essential aspect to Hirst’s work: (1.) an esthetically successful display, (2.) it explores the cycle of life and death. (3.) and how it connects to human society. The display is a sort of metaphor for human society. Like the flies in the display, we struggle to make a living and to reproduce and avoid the random dangers represented by the electric bug