WORK OF THE WEEK: Marc Quinn, Kate Moss, 2007

Adam Buick
Journey Jar, 2023
Stoneware with inlaid porcelain path, Nuka glaze interior
Height: 68 cm / 2ft 3 in.

Marc Quinn (b.1964) came to prominence in the early 1990s. His work helped to redefine what it was to make and experience contemporary art, considering themes of identity and beauty, together with current social history.

The British model Kate Moss has been an ongoing source of inspiration for Marc Quinn. He received international recognition for a series of sculptures depicting Moss in a variety of yogic poses, including Siren (2008) - a solid gold sculpture displayed at The British Museum, London. Quinn is also well known for his hyperrealist oil paintings of flowers and photorealist paintings of irises, created using an airbrush. Kate Moss (2007) combines these two aspects of Quinn's practice.

Marc Quinn has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including Tate Gallery, London; South London Gallery; Kunstverein Hannover; Fondazione Prada, Milan; MACRO, Rome; Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas; Musée Océanographique, Monaco and Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.

An exhibition of Marc Quinn's stainless steel sculptures has opened at Kew Gardens. Light into Life presents 17 stainless steel and bronze sculptures around the Gardens and in the Temperate House, alongside a presentation of Quinn’s new and existing paintings, drawings, sculptures in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery.