This morning's earlier post linked to a 2009 essay by the late Denis Dutton on Damien Hirst and Acheulian Hand Axes.

Related material on hand axes —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110101-AcheulianDetails.jpg

Related material on Damien Hirst —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110101-HirstSkull500.jpg

The large stone of the Hirst diamond skull —

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110101-SkullStone.jpg

 

Related philosophy — "And that  is the state  of the art ." — Stephen Sondheim

See also this  journal on the date of the above Hirst skull post.