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
Myth Venus
Christie's NYC
2014
Marc Quinn
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.
Collections
- Tate Modern, London, UK
- National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
- MoMA, New York, USA
- Science Museum, London, UK
- Royal Academy, London, UK
- Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, CA
Exhibitions
- Our Blood, New York Public Library, New York, USA, 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
Editorial
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12 Jun 2023 4 min read
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Exhibitions
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Hang-Up Curates | Vol. II
Banksy, Bridget Riley, Derrick Adams, Grayson Perry, Harland Miller, Marc Quinn, Patrick Hughes, Tim Fishlock
12 Apr 2021 – 12 May 2021
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Hang-Up Gallery Launch
Banksy, Harland Miller, Katherine Bernhardt, KAWS, Marc Quinn, Nancy Fouts, The Connor Brothers, Tim Fishlock
29 Nov 2019 – 29 Jan 2020
