Me and my friend Sculpture

Yes, what is this again, you might ask. A sculpture ... but not just a sculpture. In 2007 Damien Hirst made his skull with diamonds ... for 10 million. It is now, I believe, for sale for 100 million! My senior lecturer once told me that if you have an idea, there is always someone in the world who has the same kind of idea. I made this "sculpture" in ... Exactly yes; 2007. I don't even know why anymore, but it took me months before it was finished ... and then Damien came up with ... Well, yes, you know that story. No, these are not diamonds, and it is also not worth 100 million ... that of Damien by the way ... I think! Is this kitch, art? For me it's art. It depicts the relationship between people who often look very good and simple on the outside, but is that always true? Are the relationships what they seem to be? A man with his friend's head under his arm. Did he take the head off or ...? And that heart in his hand? (Not visible in the photo but what does it mean?) What does that mean? Does this have to do with racial discrimination? With love .. forever?  It is made of a child's mannequin that stood in my studio for years. It was always in the way, but I couldn't throw it away. The pearls and rhinestones are from my career as a stylist for the famous Dutch people. Many people came with an earring or a necklace, I had enough ... as you can see. The "hairs" are open-cut edges that we used to make black pete collars back then (currently black pete, a historical figure in dutch history, is the subject of discussion. Maybe I already had a visionary back then , because it would now be a wonderful example of how "black pete" is being dealt with right now, right up to court cases! People for and against, it would be discriminatory and "black fellow man" a making nonsense Nonsense, it was and was just a fairytale figure, but adults have now taken it seriously! So now there is a kind of "black pete" war in the Netherlands ... and I think they never come out. clarity: this image is never meant to be racist ... that you know! Well I admit it, a strange piece of art, but it still intrigues me, even after 12 years.