On View Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 111

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” — M a r i ly n M o n r o e Monroe diamond dust pieces continue to reach new highs at public auction—his works have graced the auction block at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips de Pury in both the US and the UK. “I consider his signature use of diamond dust as a tactile depiction of the veil that exists between us as viewers, as consumers of popular culture, and those who are products of popular culture, OnV or those who are consumed,” said Justice. “We are influenced by what the diamond dust represents: luxury, riches, and notoriety. But what exists beyond that veil, the printed portraits of celebrities and historical figures, is something very different; something much less tangible and far from glamorous; something more human.” Born in 1959 “into the cold, wet isolation of Northi e w Ma g a z i n e . c om • O c t o b e r /D e c e m b e r 2015 111