Explore the Artistic responses of this artwork, For the Love of God.
In June and July 2007 Polish artist Peter Fuss presented his work For the Laugh of God at the exhibitions in Gdańsk and London parodying Hirst's For the Love of God. The work was a plastic human skull covered in "artificial diamonds".A photo of the work thrown out with rubbish bags outside the White Cube gallery was a spoof by artist Laura Keeble who created a replica skull with 6522 Swarovski crystals.In 2008, the Gaelic-language publisher Ùr-sgeul published a short story by Maoilios Caimbeul, "An Claigeann aig Damien Hirst" ("Damian Hirst's Skull"), as a fictional response to the work of art.  This in turn was followed in 2009 by a single performed by the Gaelic rock band, Na Gathan, "Claigeann Damien Hirst" ("Damian Hirst's Skull"), released by Ùr-sgeul, which was inspired by Caimbeul's work. The song was shortlisted in the Nòs-ùr contest for a new song in a Celtic language or Scots.In December 2008 Hirst threatened to sue the artist Cartrain for copyright infringement. Cartrain had incorporated photos of For the Love of God into collages and sold them on the Internet.In 2009, Spanish artist Eugenio Merino unveiled a piece entitled "4 The Love of Go(l)d", a giant sculpture, encased in glass, of Hirst shooting himself in the head. Merino, in fact an admirer of Hirst, intended the piece as a comment on the emphasis on money within the art world, and with Hirst in particular. "I thought that, given that he thinks so much about money, his next work could be that he shot himself", said Merino. "Like that the value of his work would increase dramatically ... Obviously, though, he would not be around to enjoy it."In 2015, the band Rosie released a song called "For The Love of God", which contains lyrics written from the perspective of the jewelled skull. The song was featured in the rhythm video game The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor.
Eugenio Merino Na Gathan crystal White Cube Ùr-sgeul Peter Fuss Maoilios Caimbeul Swarovski Swarovski crystals The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor Gdańsk human skull Cartrain London Laura Keeble Damien Hirst