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Marc Quinn (British, b.1964)
LOT ID: 72361
Plate 2 (from 'At the Far Edges of the Universe'), 2010

Pigment Print, on 300 gsm Somerset paper
27.6 х 40.9 in. cm.
Signed, and numbered, on verso
Edition 59
Foundry/Publisher Paragon Press, London
Lot description
Marc Quinn (b. 1964) is a member of the YBA and is known for bringing innovative scientific developments into his artistic endeavors.

This print, from Quinn's 2010 series "At the Far Edges of the Universe", explores two persisting themes in his work: beauty and death. Quinn creates various flower installations by selecting a vast range of species from different continents that would never bloom at the same time. Once he has photographed the installation, the images are digitally reworked before printing. This process invites contemplation of the ways in which human intervention interferes with or enables the organic processes of the natural world. Quinn rescues these flower species from their natural decay by capturing an everlasting image of them in their prime, most beautiful, state.

Select Public Collections:
British Museum, London, UK
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Plate 2 (from 'At the Far Edges of the Universe') by Marc Quinn
  • Plate 2 (from 'At the Far Edges of the Universe') by Marc Quinn
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