About
One of the key players in the British art boom of the 1990s, Quinn made his name with Self, a frozen sculpture of his own head, made with ten pints of his blood and exhibited in Saatchi’s renowned 1997 exhibition, Sensation (he now recasts his head at five-year intervals). His fourth plinth marble sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant was hailed as 'one of the most important art works of our time'. He continues to use his own body as a starting point, creating limp, latex versions, bronzes and photographs.
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Marc Quinn
We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (KN200R)
£850
See Details- 2019
- Pigment print on paper
- Edition of 95
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 60 cm ø
Marc Quinn
We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (KD200)
£4,500
See Details- 2016
- Digital print on paper
- Edition of 5
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 120 cm ø
Marc Quinn
We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (MQ200L)
£4,500
See Details- 2016
- Digital print on paper
- Edition of 5
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 120 cm ø
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth Monoprint
POA | £20,000 – £40,000
See Details- 2015
- Embossed woodcut print on paper, hand finished with oil paint
- Unique
- Signed by the artist
- 120cm x 146cm
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth Embossed
£1,200
See Details- 2014
- Woodcut print on paper
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 63 x 58 cm
- Edition of 50
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth CD
£1,500
See Details- 2014
- Woodcut print on paper
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 83 x 58 cm
- Edition of 35
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth AG
£1,500
See Details- 2014
- Woodcut print on paper
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 83 x 58 cm
- Edition of 35
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth AU
£1,500
See Details- 2014
- Woodcut print on paper
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 83 x 58 cm
- Edition of 35
Marc Quinn
Labyrinth Monoprint
POA | £20,000 – £40,000
See Details- 2016
- Embossed woodcut print on paper, hand finished with oil paint
- Signed by the artist
- 146 x 120 cm
- Unique
Marc Quinn
The Creation of History (Athens, 6 December 2009)
£3,000
See Details- 2020
- Pigment Print
- Edition of 25
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 80cm x 60cm
Did you know?
Self allegedly melted when builders creating a kitchen extension for Nigella Lawson (then partner to Saatchi) unplugged its refrigeration unit.
Country of Birth
UK
Auction Record
£789,443
Christies NYC, 'Myth Venus', 2014
Notable Collections
Tate Modern, London, UK
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
MoMA, New York, US
Science Museum, London, UK
Royal Academy, London, UK
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, CA
Notable Exhibitions
Our Blood, New York Public Library, New York, US, 2021
Marc Quinn: Drawn from Life, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK, 2017
Marc Quinn: Frozen Waves, Broken Sublimes, Somerset House, London, UK, 2015
The Toxic Sublime, White Cube, Lonodn, UK, 2015
55th Venice Biennale, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT, 2013
Marc Quinn, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, IT, 2006
Marc Quinn, Tate, Liverpool, UK, 2002
Alison Lapper Pregnant, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, UK, 2000
Exhibitions by Marc Quinn
Hang-Up Gallery Launch
Banksy, Dave White, Harland Miller, Katherine Bernhardt, KAWS, Marc Quinn, Nancy Fouts, The Connor Brothers,
Nov 29, 2019 – Jan 29, 2020
Marc Quinn News
Collecting
Artists to Watch | 2020
Jan 1, 2020