"What a Bag of Sh**e", more like.

This might seem like an unusual reply, but, what was that again? I know I came across it recently (at some point over the weekend?) and might have even watched it (was it a TV programme?) but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. I thought I'd just ask you rather than google it...

Having a complete mental blank about it.

It's the 50 million quid diamond skull that Damien Hirst made. Well, I'm not arty, but it seems to me completely lacking in originality. Can't see the fuss about it (mind you, suppose I'm adding to the fuss by posting this).

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/01/hirst_skull.jpg

Yes, of course! They interviewed him on Newsnight on Friday. I can't say I like it much. I'm not a fan of that Mexican day of the dead stuff, nor of skulls in general (it seems everything in the shops at the minute - clothes I mean - has a skull on it somewhere, and I refuse to buy them!) I was impressed though by the effort that went into it - mainly the 'contours' formed by the way the diamonds are set. Umm, where did he get the skull?

I remember reading about this when he took the commission. I thought it was a bulls**t of an idea then; now seeing the image I realise that was an insult to bulls**t. I am supposed to be one of those arty types but I hate it. The concept is a p.take and the money spent on it is a joke.

...and the value of the "artwork"... grrrrr 50 million pounds

LOL 404!

I saw him on Newsnight. That photo of the baby with the skull...to me that's the sort of adolescent attempt at profundity that you see on the cover of heavy metal CDs. This bloke is supposed to be one of our greatest artists

I think it looks awful.. it looks extremely tacky to me lol

He might be one of our great artists but I can't say I have liked any of his work.. From an impact point of view his work does usually do that, and perhaps that is all he is interested in. But in my eyes a good piece of art is something you can happily look at everyday and never tire of seeing. Perhaps I am just missing the point as an artless scientist lol

I didn't see the skull thingie or newsnight, but I have to say in defence of Damien Hurst that many moons ago I went to the Sensation exhibition at the RA and his cow cut in half was part of the collection. I'd always poo pooed him as emporer's new clothes, but just as Tricky described it was mesmerizing and I could have stood there all day looking at it - it was fascinating / provoking / an expierence. I don't know much about art, but it really changed my view on him.

Did anyone ever see the weather project sun installation at the Tate Modern a few years back?
Thats my best bit of art, ever ever.

For the Love of God is a good Steve Vai song.