Marc Quinn Sculptures

In these sculptures real flowers in a perfect state of bloom have been plunged into frozen silicone oil. In the frozen flower sculptures which range from single works to the large scale walk through installation garden 2000 quinn captures what he has described as the purest and most magical transformation of reality into art. The toxic sublime 2014 present.

All about love 2016 2017. The raft paintings 2017 present. But has provocative artist marc quinn who once made a bronze statue of supermodel.

He was painted a right on hero this week for creating a statue of the black lives matter protester jen reid. The artist marc quinn has installed overnight a sculpture of a black lives matter protestor on the plinth in bristol previously occupied by the 17th century slave trader edward colston. Last night british artist marc quinn installed in the colston statue s place a new sculpture a surge of power jen reid which depicts bristol protestor jen reid who was photographed.

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Marc quinn s blm statue divides art world. A new sculpture by local artist marc quinn of black lives matter protestor jen reid stands on the plinth where the edward colston statue used to stand on july 15 2020 in bristol england. And now today reid stands once again on that plinth but rendered in black resin quinn s.

The woman s name is jen reid and this scene was taking place in the studio of artist marc quinn. Quinn explores what it is to be human in the world today through subjects including the body genetics identity environment and the media. Marc quinn born 8 january 1964 is a british contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture installation and painting.

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