Marc Quinn
Sphinx (gold leaf), 2012
12 colour hand pulled silkscreen print
70 x 55 cm
ed. 150
Copyright The Artist
Quinn’s two intricately detailed silkscreen prints of his 1996 iconic sculpture of supermodel Kate Moss depicts her unearthly beauty, but shows her limbs contorted in an extreme yoga pose, a...
Quinn’s two intricately detailed silkscreen
prints of his 1996 iconic sculpture of supermodel
Kate Moss depicts her unearthly beauty, but
shows her limbs contorted in an extreme yoga
pose, a reflection on the distortions of global
media.Taking a three-dimensional image of the
sculpture, and working directly with the artist,
the print is hand finished in a choice of gold and
silver leaf. 12 colours including a silk-screen
glaze were used to produce the screenprinted
image of the Sphinx.’ This is not a portrait
of a person, it’s a portrait of an image twisted
by our collective desires’
prints of his 1996 iconic sculpture of supermodel
Kate Moss depicts her unearthly beauty, but
shows her limbs contorted in an extreme yoga
pose, a reflection on the distortions of global
media.Taking a three-dimensional image of the
sculpture, and working directly with the artist,
the print is hand finished in a choice of gold and
silver leaf. 12 colours including a silk-screen
glaze were used to produce the screenprinted
image of the Sphinx.’ This is not a portrait
of a person, it’s a portrait of an image twisted
by our collective desires’
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