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Marc Quinn

Marc Quinn (Born 1964) is active/lives in England.  Marc Quinn is known for Conceptual human body sculpture-sexual and 'cerebral'.

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Marc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British artist and part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists)*.  He is known for Alison Lapper Pregnant (a sculpture of Alison Lapper, which has been installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square), Self (a sculpture of his head made with his own frozen blood), and Garden (2000).

He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and is known for his innovative use of materials to make art, including blood, ice, feces, etc., his use of bringing scientific developments into art, and his designs for "discussion-generating" artworks.

Quinn's oeuvre displays a preoccupation with the mutability of the body and the dualisms that define human life: spiritual and physical, surface and depth, cerebral and sexual. Using an uncompromising array of materials, from ice and blood to glass, marble or lead, Quinn develops these paradoxes into experimental, conceptual works that are mostly figurativ   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15152 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Marc Quinn

   Marc Quinn  Born:  1964 - London, England
Known for:  Conceptual human body sculpture-sexual and 'cerebral'

Marc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British artist and part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists)*.  He is known for Alison Lapper Pregnant (a sculpture of Alison Lapper, which has been installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square), Self (a sculpture of his head made with his own frozen blood), and Garden (2000).

He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and is known for his innovative use of materials to make art, including blood, ice, feces, etc., his use of bringing scientific developments into art, and his designs for "discussion-generating" artworks.

Quinn's oeuvre displays a preoccupation with the mutability of the body and the dualisms that define human l  ...  Displaying 750 of 15152 characters.

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