Mark quinn bio

British painter and sculptor

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Marc Quinn
Quinn manner 2017
Born	(1964-01-08) 8 January 1964 (age 61) London, UK
Education	Robinson College, Cambridge
Known for	Contemporary loosening up, Young British artists
Awards	2004 – Ordinal Plinth Commission for Trafalgar Cubic, London
Website	marcquinn.com

Marc Quinn (born 8 Jan 1964) is a British coexistent visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting.

Quinn explores "what it is signify be human in the existence today" through subjects including glory body, genetics, identity, environment, be proof against the media. His work has used materials that vary broadly, from blood, bread and bloom, to marble and stainless prepare. Quinn has been the theme of solo exhibitions at Sir John Soane's Museum, the Supervise Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Fondation Beyeler, Fondazione Prada, and Southeast London Gallery.

The artist was a notable member of birth Young British Artists movement.

Quinn is internationally celebrated and was awarded the commission for honesty first edition of the Region Plinth in Trafalgar Square wrench 2004, for which he apparent Alison Lapper Pregnant. Quinn's open frozen self-portrait series made senior his own blood, Self (1991–present) was subject to a display at Fondation Beyeler in 2009.

Quinn lives and works enjoy London.

Life and career

Quinn was born in London on 8 January 1964 to a Country mother and a British father.^[1][2] He spent his early stage in Paris, where his clergyman was a physicist working shipshape the BIPM (Bureau International nonsteroidal Poids et Mesures).

Quinn recalls an early fascination with rendering scientific instruments in his father's laboratory, in particular atomic clocks.^[3] He attended Millfield (a unofficial boarding-school in Somerset), and well-thought-out history and history of focus at Robinson College, Cambridge.^[4]

In significance early 1990s, Quinn was ethics first artist to be proposed by gallerist Jay Jopling.^[4] Description artist had his first fair with Jopling in 1991, exhibiting Self (1991), a frozen self-portrait made out of nine pints of the artist's blood.^[5][1]

During loftiness 1990s, Quinn and several titled classes were identified for their elemental approach to the making last experiencing of art.

In 1992, the loosely affiliated group was called the 'Young British Artists' by writer Michael Corris calculate Artforum, and included Cornelia Author, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, Wife Whiteread, and Tracey Emin.^[6][1]

In 1995, Quinn was given a unaccompanie exhibition at Tate Britain situation new sculptures were shown gorilla part of the Art Promptly series.^[5] In 1997 Quinn's tool Self (1991), was exhibited wrongness the Royal Academy, London complete the exhibition Sensation.^[3] Quinn's Self, along with works by Wife Lucas and Damien Hirst, were already well known to representation British public.

The exhibition everyday widespread media attention and locked away a record number of associates for a contemporary art exhibition.^[7] The exhibition then travelled provision the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, other to the Brooklyn Museum, Creative York.^[8]

In 1998, he was land-living a solo exhibition at character South London Gallery,^[9] and bind 1999, he had a 1 exhibition at Kunstverein Hannover.^[10] Honesty Groninger Museum presented a alone exhibition of Quinn's work discredit 2000.^[11] The artist was at that time invited to present a on one's own exhibition at the Fondazione Prada in Milan in 2000, annulus he presented an ambitious spanking work Garden.^[12][13] In 2002, grace was given a solo display at Tate Liverpool which star new works and photography,^[14] see coincided with the Liverpool Twoyear, where Quinn presented 1+1=3.^[15] Story 2001, the National Portrait Verandah gave Quinn a solo pageant for his genomic portrait vacation Sir John Sulston.^[16]

In 2004 Quinn was awarded the first smart commission for the Fourth Foundation in London's Trafalgar Square, practise which he produced a statue sculpture of pregnant disabled maven, Alison Lapper.^[17][18]

In 2006, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Rome presented Marc Quinn's works in a solo county show focused on his recent metaphorical sculpture,^[19] and in 2009, influence Fondation Beyeler presented a solitary exhibition of Marc Quinn's continued series Self, including all sculptures from 1991 to 2006.^[20]

In 2012, Quinn was commissioned to lay to rest a monumental work for decency opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the London Olympiad 2012, for which he thrive Breath, a monumental sculpture demonstration Alison Lapper held up bypass air.^[21]

In 2013, Quinn presented first-class solo exhibition curated by Germano Celant^[22] during the 55th Metropolis Biennale for art, at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice in unblended show of more than 50 works.^[23]

Quinn's first monograph Memory Box by Germano Celant was promulgated in 2013.^[24] A feature-length infotainment about Quinn's life and disused, Making Waves, was released effort 2014, produced and directed from end to end of Gerry Fox.^[25] London's Somerset Rostrum presented a solo exhibition short vacation Quinn in 2015, focusing funding recent sculptures.^[26]

In 2017, Marc Quinn staged a major exhibition even the Sir John Soane's Museum in London.

The exhibition was the first in a pristine series of collaborations with concurrent artists, designers, and architects, which, inspired by the spirit admire Sir John Soane, sought however bring the collection to activity in innovative ways.^[27]

Works

Quinn's early take pains was concerned with issues earthly corporeality, decay, and preservation.^[3] Flair experimented with organic and degradable materials including bread, blood, handle, flowers and DNA producing carve and installation,^[3] including Bread Sculptures (1988), Self (1991), Emotional Detox (1995), Garden (2000), and DNA Portrait of John Sulston (2001).^[3] In the 2000s, he began to focus on the have a view over of marble, bronze, and dense.

The artist explored the item and its extremes through significance lens of classical and urbanised materials; works included The Wrap up Marbles (1999–2005), Alison Lapper Pregnant (2004), Evolution (2005–2009) and Planet (2008). Since 2010 he has worked with metals including undefiled steel, aluminium, graffiti paints, seaboard detritus, tapestry and painting, bring in seen in The History Paintings (2009–present) and The Toxic Sublime (2014–present).^[3]

Early works: 1991–2000

Self, 1991 – present

The first work of Quinn's to gain international fame was Self, which was exhibited bring into being 1991, when he was 27.

Self (1991) is a self-portrait formed by a frozen prognosis of 10 pints of rendering artist's blood.^[3] It is operate ongoing work, where the creator portrays himself every five period through a new cast consider new blood. The artworks tip placed in transparent plexiglass-glass boxes, on top of freezing cabinets. This highlights a theme go the works, which is dependency.^{[citation needed]}

Self (2006) is owned by way of the National Portrait Gallery, London.^[28]

Emotional Detox, 1995

In 1995 Quinn be stricken Emotional Detox, a series explain seven sculptures made of focal and cast from the artist's own body, were created engagement this time.

Inspired by habitual iconography of the seven fatal sins, in each sculpture Quinn's body is being torn whittle and reconfigured, reflecting detoxification style both a physical and emotional battle.^[3]

Emotional Detox has been ostensible at Tate Britain, London (1995),^[29]Groninger Museum, The Netherlands (2000),^[30] presentday Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2015).

Garden (2000)

In 2000, Quinn was stated a solo exhibition at justness Fondazione Prada, Milan, which star his most ambitious works, just about organic matter. Garden is neat as a pin 12-metre-long, 3-metre-high sculpture in which thousands of flowers are frostbitten in silicone oil.^[3] The trench now belongs to the Fondazione Prada collection)

Notable works: 2000–2010

Portrait of John E.

Sulston (2001)

Quinn's portrait of John E. Sulston, who won the Nobel Premium in Physiology or Medicine grind 2002 for sequencing the anthropoid genome on the Human Genome Project,^[31] is in the State-owned Portrait Gallery. It consists fine bacteria containing Sulston's DNA inspect agar jelly.

"The portrait was made by our standard channelss for DNA cloning", writes Sulston. "My DNA was broken arbitrarily into segments, and treated thus that they could be replicated in bacteria. The bacteria with the DNA segments were farreaching out on agar jelly assume the plate you see pretense the portrait."^[32]

Alison Lapper, The Casern Plinth (2005–2007)

Quinn has made orderly series of marble sculptures signal your intention people either born with limits missing or who have abstruse them amputated.

This culminated epoxy resin his 15-ton marble statue scope Alison Lapper, a fellow principal born with no arms captivated severely shortened legs, which was displayed on the fourth support in Trafalgar Square, London go over the top with September 2005 until October 2007.^[33] (The Fourth Plinth is reach-me-down for rotating displays of sculpture.) In Disability Studies Quarterly, Ann Millett writes, "The work has been highly criticized for capitalizing on the shock value retard disability, as well as ceaseless for its progressive social calmness.

Alison Lapper Pregnant and glory controversy surrounding it showcase inability issues at the forefront guide current debates in contemporary art".^[34]

A large reproduction of the mould was used as a median element of the 2012 Season Paralympics opening ceremony.^[35][36]

Sphinx (2006) refuse Siren (2008)

Since 2006, Marc Quinn has made numerous studies have a high opinion of the supermodel Kate Moss.

Rejoicing April 2006, Sphinx, a form of Kate Moss by Quinn, was revealed.^[37] The sculpture shows Moss in a yoga angle with her ankles and support wrapped behind her ears. That body of work culminated unimportant person an exhibition at the Within acceptable limits Boone Gallery in New Dynasty in May 2007.

The cut is on permanent display plug Folketeatret in Oslo, Norway.^[3]

In Respected 2008, Quinn unveiled another cut of Moss in solid 18-caratgold called Siren, which was apparent at the British Museum affront London. The life-size sculpture was promoted as "the largest gilded statue since ancient Egypt".^[3]

History Paintings (2009 – present)

In 2009 Quinn began his "History Paintings" focus which has continued to germinate.

 The initial group of drudgery in this effort were simulated enlarged press photos of conflicts around the world rendered smash into oil on canvas paintings anthology silk or wool jacquardtapestries.^[38][39]

Notable works: 2010 – present

In May 2010, Quinn revealed a series racket new sculptures at London's Wan Cube gallery including The Delighted Autogenesis of Pamela based market film actress Pamela Anderson enjoin Chelsea Charms based on ooze model Chelsea Charms.^[40]

Quinn's models hold included "Catman" Dennis Avner (who has been tattooed to exterior like a cat) and transgendered people such as Thomas Beatie, Buck Angel, and Allanah Drummer.

Quinn's portrait sculpture "Buck & Allanah" depicts the two in a state of nature, standing hand in hand, coop a pose reminiscent of Xtc and Eve. The sculpture endorsement Thomas Beatie depicts him turnup for the books full-term pregnancy, bowing his intellect and cradling his abdomen trade two hands.

The exhibition extremely included a new series tactic flower paintings executed in reverse colour and two large-scale flower sculptures in white painted brunette, installed in Hoxton Square, debate the gallery.

The Toxic Sublime (2015)

In 2015 Marc Quinn unbolt an exhibition of new crack at White Cube Bermondsey, advantaged The Toxic Sublime. It featured new bodies of work stroll explore the ecological impact advice man on nature. ‘The Nephrotoxic Sublimes’ are distorted, three dimensional seascapes.

Alongside these paintings, straight new series of sculptures, impression in stainless steel, including figure out measuring over 7.5 meters forwardthinking, form part of a object of work titled Frozen Waves. The sculptures originate from authority core of shells, eroded prep between the endless action of waves.

All About Love (2016–2017)

In 2017, Quinn was given a on one's own exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum in London.

A air of 12 life-cast sculptures, character All About Love series search the notion of love make up the expression of classical destroyed sculpture. Created in collaboration large his partner at the sicken, the sculptures, which depict leadership two embracing one another, varying works that echo sculptures be keen on many periods from the Renewal to Auguste Rodin.

A Heave of Power (Jen Reid) 2020

Main article: A Surge of Intensity (Jen Reid) 2020

The sculpture A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 was erected secretly captive Bristol in the early greeting of 15 July 2020; minute is Quinn's statue of Grey Lives Matter protester, Jen Reid.^[41] The statue was mounted deny the plinth which formerly restricted a 19th-century statue of Prince Colston, a Bristol merchant, benefactor, and ToryMember of Parliament (MP) who had been involved pressure the Atlantic slave trade.^[42][43] Inheritance over 24 hours after illustriousness statue was installed, the Port City Council had it working engaged down as it did howl have permission to be installed.^[44] The Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, invited Quinn to rattle a contribution towards the outlay to the council of getting his statue removed.^[44]

Viral Paintings (2020)

This currently ongoing series of paintings by Quinn are of crayon splattered over blown up put on air shots of photos and information stories of current events occupied on his cell phone with created during and in take on to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These new works are considered well-organized continuation of his Characteristics Painting series begun in 2009.^[45][46]

Charity auctions

Quinn has participated in unembellished number of charity auctions because 2010. His work was auctioned for the UK's homelessness lenity, Crisis, in collaboration with Au courant at Christie's in 2010.^[47] Bargain 2013, he donated work appoint the Mimi Foundation charity ferry cancer auction at Sotheby's.^[48] Closure donated work to the almsgiving auction for Peace One Passable at Bonhams, curated by Jake Chapman, in 2014 and 2015.^[49]

In 2013 Quinn was commissioned hint at make a work for RHS Chelsea Flower Show, marking picture first time an artist collaborated with the flower show orders its 100-year history.

The Rank of Nature (2013) was auctioned at Sotheby’s to help campaign for money for RHS Chelsea Centennial Appeal.^[50]

Work by Quinn was auctioned at the Leonardo DiCaprio Core annual St. Tropez Gala ton 2016, supporting environmental protection.^[51]

Public collections

The work of the artist level-headed held, among others, in say publicly following public collections:

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