Marc Quinn

  Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem and studio, Jupiter disguised as Diana seducing the nymph Callisto. Estimate £30,000–40,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Across the centuries, art has always been intrinsically linked to expressions of passion and sensuality. ‘Erotic: Passion & Desire’ will encompass representations of love and sex from antiquity to the present day, exploring themes from the beauty of desire to representations of the male nude, to the carnal act itself, stripped of metaphor. Featuring over 100... [Lire la suite]

Marc Quinn, The Toxic Sublime - O8@=du5JPnfZx, 2015. Spray paint, aeronautical grade aluminium tape and acrylic on canvas bonded to torqued aluminium, 84 5/8 x 59 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. ©Marc Quinn. Photo: ©Marc Quinn Studio. Courtesy White Cube. LONDON.- White Cube presents an exhibition of new work by Marc Quinn. This exhibition, Quinn’s first at White Cube London since 2010, includes two new bodies of work and is the culmination of two years of investigation into natural phenomena and our distanced and complex relationship... [Lire la suite]

Marc Quinn, Wilder Shores of Desire, 2011. Courtesy Private Collection. Photo Jonty Wilde.  WAKEFIELD.- This summer, Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents the work of Marc Quinn, one of the leading artists of his generation, in the Formal Garden. Quinn’s Cybernetically Engineered Cloned and Grown Rabbit, 2004 and Wilder Shores of Desire, 2011, are shown alongside work by fellow Young British Artist Tracey Emin.  Quinn's sculptures demonstrate his interest in the relationship between the natural, the artificial and mutated.... [Lire la suite]

Marc Quinn (N.1964), We share our chemistry with the stars XH-150. Photo Sotheby's. huile sur toile. Diam. 148 cm; 58 1/4 in. Exécuté en 2009. Estimation 80,000 — 120,000 EUR Provenance: Whitecube Gallery, LondresGalerie Hopkins-Custot, ParisAcquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel SIGNED, TITLED, INSCRIBED AND DATED 2009 ON THE BACK; OIL ON CANVAS. EXECUTED IN 2009. Sotheby's. ART CONTEMPORAIN, 03 JUIN 2014 - 04 JUIN 2014 - http://www.sothebys.com/

Marc Quinn, Matter into Light : on the Transformation of Energy, 2011. Heat treated colbalt-plated bronze, concrete, stainless steel, cement board, ceramic and bioethanol liquid, 181.5h x 151w x 151d cms. Photo: Steve Russell. Courtesy: Marc Quinn Studio. VENICE - The Giorgio Cini Foundation announce Marc Quinn, a major exhibition which opens on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore on 29 May 2013 in tandem with the inauguration of the 55th Venice Biennale of Visual Arts. Curated by Germano Celant, the solo show... [Lire la suite]

 Marc Quinn, The Origin of the World (Cassis madagascariensis) Indian Ocean, 310, 2012. Bronze.

Marc Quinn, “The Archaeology of Desire”, 2008. Patinated bronze, (232 x 295 x 100 cm) 91 5/16 x 116 1/8 x 39 3/8 inches

Marc Quinn, "The Evolution of Desire", 2009. Bronze, 500 kg

Marc Quinn "The Archaeology of the Baroque", 2012 - Painted bronze.

Marc Quinn (B. 1964), Burning Desire. inscribed MARC QUINN, dated 2011, titled and numbered 1/3; bronze; 368 by 436 by 232cm.; 145 by 171 5/8 by 91 3/8 in  Conceived in 2011 and cast in an edition of 3. NOTE: Marc Quinn's monumental Burning Desire is based upon a naturalistic Phalaenopsis, a genus of the orchid family, which has been modelled in exquisite detail. The fine red petals, each distinguished by unique venation, defy the properties of the bronze medium in which they are cast to appear almost weightless and... [Lire la suite]