Marc Quinn

Marc Quinn (born 1964) is a British artist and part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists)

Perhaps best known for Alison Lapper Pregnant, a sculpture of Alison Lapper which has been installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square, "Self", a sculpture of his head made with his own frozen blood, and "Garden" (2000). He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and is known for his innovative use of materials to make art, including blood, ice, faeces, etc., his use of bringing scientific developments into art, and his designs for "discussion-generating" artworks.




















I have chosen Marc Quinn as one of my artists as I am always intrigued with what unpredictable designs and concepts he will be coming out with next. He always produces exciting statues/ sculptures using different materials.

The thing that I like best about his work is that he has made people such as Alison Lapper feel so much more confident in herself as she was put on the plinth at Trafalgar Square (well her life sized statue was) and people could not see her as being a freak but see her body as being beautiful and see how different yet amazing this art was and how she lived her life with her child. He truely saw something in her that he knew the public had to see. Some say it was cruel, yet others look at her and other amputees in a different light now.