Marc Quinn
Click to EnlargeLot number: 12
Details: Microcosmo (Fortuna)
Painted Bronze
The work is inscribed with signature edition number and date
30 x 25.5 x 25.4 cm
11.8 x 10 x 10 in
This work is number 7 from an edition of 7
Provenance: Donated by the Artist
Estimate: £90,000 - £120,000
Artist biography:
Born in 1964 in London
Studied History and the History of Art at Robinson College, Cambridge (1982-85).
Often grouped with the Young British Artists (YBAs), Quinn is one of the most interesting and compelling artists working today. The work that brought him into the larger public consciousness was Self (1991), a cast of the artist's head made from 4.5 litres of his own blood. Critical acclaim both at home and abroad has ensured that his work has been included in numerous exhibitions around the world.
Since 2005 Quinn has become known to the general public for his sculpture of Alison Lapper, which was on prominent display on a plinth in Trafalgar Square in front of the National Gallery until November 2007. In 2006 Quinn unveiled 'Sphinx', a sculpture of the British supermodel Kate Moss in a complicated yoga position. The life-size sculpture is made of cast bronze, with a white-painted finish, and shows Moss wearing a leotard with her feet and hands behind her head.
Quinn has exhibited at shows such as the Sydney Biennale in 1992, Young British Artists II at the Saatchi Gallery in 1993, and Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1997.