Complete Marbles Marc Quinn

New marble sculptures by marc quinn.

Complete marbles marc quinn. Back to top studio. Complete marbles series 1999 2005 deeping the importance of the medium marble was the classical material used to represent heroes of ancient times. The complete marbles remains on view at the mary boone gallery in chelsea 541 west 24th street through feb. Marc quinn the complete marbles by ken johnson.

Lifestyle a critic s view damien hirst brooklyn. Marc quinn born 8 january 1964 is a british contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture installation and painting. After working as an assistant to sculptor barry flanagan and studying history and art history at robinson college cambridge university quinn began exhibiting at the white cube gallery. In the fourth instalment of our body series elizabeth waddell considers what marc quinn s statue.

It was through a discussion of hellenistic art and the irrefutable beauty of sculptures that had lost features or limbs that quinn convinced fellow artist alison lapper to model for him. Displaying the disabled body. Marc quinn british b 1964 is a sculptor associated with the young british artists and best known for his self portraits made from unconventional materials such as blood marble lead and glass. The series was inspired by the elgin marbles that are neoclassical sculptures depicting human bodies with missing limbs and heads.

Artist marc quinn s interest in these incomplete bodies inspired his collection of sculptures the complete marbles. Price new from used from paperback january 1 2004 please retry 65 00. The complete marbles however does the opposite. 541 west 24th street chelsea.

Thus quinn s works elucidate the irony that although an incomplete figuration can be revered in art history bodies that do not fit normative forms are seldom held in such high regard in contemporary.