Author Description

"Marc Quinn first came to prominence in the 1990s as one of the most important young British artists. Since then, he has exhibited all over the world, with solo exhibitions at the Tate Gallery, London (1995), the Kunstverein Hannover (1999), the Fondazione Prada, Milan (2000), Tate Liverpool (2002), and at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (2003). In this new body of work, entitled Flesh, Marc Quinn again reveals a preoccupation with heightened states of bodily expression. The essays in this publication by Darian Leader, Susie Orbach and Rachael Thomas, focus on Quinn's exploration of existence: an existence that is a site of constant transformation, one that is vulnerable, fleeting and sacred." --cover page [4].