MARC QUINN (London, 1964).
"Garden 2000.
Photograph. Ed. 1.
Sizes: 80 x 122 cm; 82 x 122 cm (frame).
Trained in Art History at the University of London, where he still lives and works today, Marc Quinn made his international breakthrough with a self-portrait cast in his own frozen blood, a project that earned him entry into the Young British Artists group. Now one of the most prominent British artists on the current scene thanks to projects such as the portrait of Kate Moss in 18 kts solid gold or sculptures representing physically handicapped people, Quinn's work reflects on the human body through issues such as genetics or the environment, using organic and degradable materials such as bread, blood or flowers. In 1995, he had a solo exhibition at Tate Britain, where his sculptures were shown as part of the Art Now series. Among his most outstanding works: Sculptures in Bread (1988), Self (1991), Emotional Detoxification (1995), Garden (2000) and DNA Portrait of John Sulston (2001). The present piece is defined by another of the painter's plastic lines: that of still life compositions as a means of addressing the spirituality and fragility of the medium. Quinn is currently represented in the most important national and international museums (Gana Art Centre in Seoul, the DHC/ART Fondation pour l'art contemporain in Montreal, the MACRO and the MoMA in New York). In 2004 he received the prestigious commission for the 4th Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.