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Marc Quinn ('Self')
3 of 6 portraits on display in Room 38 at the National Portrait Gallery
© Marc Quinn. Photography by Todd-White Art Photography, courtesy White Cube, London
Marc Quinn ('Self')
by Marc Quinn
blood (artist's), liquid silicone, stainless steel, glass, perspex and refrigeration equipment, 2006
80 3/4 in. x 25 5/8 in. 25 5/8 in. (2050 mm x 650 mm x 650mm)
Purchased with help from The Art Fund, the Henry Moore Foundation, Terry and Jean de Gunzburg and ProjectB Contemporary Art, 2009
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NPG 6863
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A self-portrait of the artist Marc Quinn cast in several pints of his frozen blood. Described by Quinn as a 'frozen moment on lifesupport', the work is carefully maintained in a refrigeration unit, reminding the viewer of the fragility of existence. The artist makes a new version of Self every five years, each of which documents Quinn's own physical transformation and deterioration.
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