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Venice and Marc Quinn go hand in hand this year. The artist exhibits at Fondazione Giorgio Cini where his main focus in on the human body and the changes it goes through. What is impressive about his work is the careful attention he gives to people and the way in which he interprets their bodies. Therefore, in this case he assumes that the human body has a starting point from where on everything is intervention and, thus art.
He was always interested in the relation between science and art, death, beauty, life. Quinn underlines here the wonder of life, the processes and changes through which a body goes through and how all these changes in different people are put together in the same space. One can see clearly which are the differences between people as well as what makes them similar.
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Artists are generally interested in the human body, since it is the first material to work with. Clothing is another way of presenting the body and underlining the social life of different persons. His sculptures look so real as if there really is someone under the material. The hood is an important detail to some of his characters, since they would rather hide or try to be anonymous, as if hiding from the police.
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His exploration of life and body goeas as far as studying the fetal states and there are 10 such large sculptures of the fetus. This is even more powerful since they look as if comprised in some structures.
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Marc Quinn’s sculpture exhibited on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore is one that truly questions the way in which people perceive art. Of course, centuries have passed since Bosch and his weird creatures, but what about a muse, an inspiration? How to they have to look? Quinn was inspired by a female artist, Allison Lapper, who was born without arms and who pursued her career as an artist. More than that, the woman is pregnant which may look even more shocking to the audience.
So, even if you are not in Venice for the Biennale, you surely can’t miss Marc Quinn’s presence. Not only that it is a very visible work, but you might hear locals and tourists talking about it.
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