Marc Quinn

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Marc Quinn is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative sculptures and installations that explore themes of the body, identity, and mortality, and for being a prominent member of the Young British Artists movement.

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Marc Quinn canonical 11

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instanceOf Young British Artist ⓘ
contemporary artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsStart late 1980s ⓘ
commissionedBy Mayor of London’s Fourth Plinth Commission ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Plinth
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1964-01-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
Robinson College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
familyName Quinn ⓘ
fieldOfWork contemporary art ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
givenName Marc ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection British Museum ⓘ
Centre Pompidou ⓘ
Fondazione Prada ⓘ
Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
National Portrait Gallery, London ⓘ
Saatchi Collection ⓘ
linked to: Saatchi Gallery

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ⓘ
linked to: Stedelijk Museum

Tate ⓘ
language English ⓘ
materialUsed blood ⓘ
bronze ⓘ
flowers ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ice ⓘ
marble ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
photography ⓘ
silicone ⓘ
stainless steel ⓘ
movement Young British Artists ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
name Marc Quinn ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableExhibition Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
solo exhibitions at Fondation Beyeler ⓘ
solo exhibitions at Tate Britain ⓘ
solo exhibitions at White Cube ⓘ
notableFor installations exploring the body ⓘ
provocative sculptures ⓘ
use of unconventional materials ⓘ
works about identity ⓘ
works about mortality ⓘ
notablePublicArtwork Alison Lapper Pregnant on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square ⓘ
notableWork Alison Lapper Pregnant ⓘ
linked to: Alison Lapper

Blood Head series ⓘ
Chemical Life Support ⓘ
Evolution ⓘ
Garden ⓘ
History Paintings ⓘ
Making Waves ⓘ
Our Blood ⓘ
Planet ⓘ
Self ⓘ
Sphinx ⓘ
The Archaeology of Art ⓘ
The Archaeology of the Mind ⓘ
The Beauty of Science ⓘ
The Big Bang ⓘ
The Breath of Life ⓘ
The Complete Marbles ⓘ
The Creation of History ⓘ
The Eight Thoughts ⓘ
The Eye of History ⓘ
The Eye of Time ⓘ
The Eye of the Storm ⓘ
The Garden of Eden ⓘ
The History of Art ⓘ
The Invisible Man ⓘ
The Kiss ⓘ
The Kiss of Death ⓘ
The Man Who Couldn’t See ⓘ
The Memory of Water ⓘ
The Miraculous Journey ⓘ
The Nature of Things ⓘ
The Origin of Art ⓘ
The Origin of Species ⓘ
The Road to Enlightenment ⓘ
The Shape of History ⓘ
The Shape of Things to Come ⓘ
The Sleep of Reason ⓘ
The Toxic Sublime ⓘ
The Weight of History ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
studied history of art ⓘ
theme body ⓘ
celebrity culture ⓘ
disability ⓘ
environment ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
identity ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
website https://marcquinn.com ⓘ

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Alison Lapper Pregnant → creator → Marc Quinn ⓘ
Marc Quinn → name → Marc Quinn ⓘ
Self (Marc Quinn) → creator → Marc Quinn ⓘ
Self (Marc Quinn) → depicts → Marc Quinn ⓘ
Self (Marc Quinn) → notableWorkOf → Marc Quinn ⓘ
Georgia Byng → spouse → Marc Quinn ⓘ