Recognized as one of the foremost artists of his generation, Marc Quinn is not easily captured in convenient labels. The American artist's Rizzoli coffee-table book "Self, You, and the World" is the most comprehensive book on Quinn to date and showcases the artist's fascination with the multifaceted experience of being human.
Marc Quinn came to international attention in 1991 with Self, a cast of his head made from his own frozen blood. His early explorations of the self would soon broaden into broader reflections on the experiences of others. Prominent in this shift was his acclaimed 2005 sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, exhibited on the Fourth Plinth of London's Trafalgar Square. Since then, Quinn has addressed a number of pressing social and environmental issues through a variety of materials and techniques that often animate connections between art and science, grappling with the dichotomies of beauty and ugliness, the physical and the spiritual, the eternal and the mortal.
Showcasing many of his most celebrated works alongside conversations with past patrons and fellow thinkers Ai Weiwei, Titus Kaphar, Alison Lapper, Kate Moss, Nella Ngingo and Jen Reid, this groundbreaking survey paints a picture of an artist insatiably curious about the world around him.
Specifications
Title: Marc Quinn: Self, You, and the World
Author: Jefferson Hack, Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
Publisher: Rizzoli
Size: 227 x 318 x 35 mm
Size: 320 pages
Weight: 2314 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780847872633
