MARC QUINN FLORALS

Under the Volcano, Acavar Bolivia , 2010 New Mexico Water , 2010 First Cataract of the Nile , 2010 Marc Quinn (b. 1964) is part of the YBA s (Young British Artists), a group that includes Liam Gillick, Damien Hirst , and Tracey Emin, among others. Much of his work is larger-than-life, and deals with themes of nature, the body, and our relationship to both. One way that Quinn explores these themes is through " genetic modification and hybridism "; in other words, using flowers as a stand in for human life. In one of his series, he created stunning horticultural displays of frozen flowers which are able to...