Artwork Details:
- TypeSculpture
- Year2000
- MediumStainless steel, glass, refrigeration equipment and ice
- Dimensions348h x 140w x 140d cm
More about this artwork:
Quinn used traditional life casting techniques to create a mould of Kate Moss dressed in a cloak by designer Alexander McQueen, which has been filled with water and frozen. Housed in a temperature controlled glass case the sculpture gradually disappears during the time of its display, leaving nothing but a pool of water. It is maintained in the gallery at just below freezing point. The sculpture eventually melts away, “leaving the work to become a visual metaphor for the transience of fame based only on physical attraction”.