Selected Essays

The River Sweats Oil and Tar
by Hettie Judah

Hettie Judah writes about how Quinn finds lyricism in human detritus and gathered flotsam for his body of work titled The Toxic Sublime.

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Looking for Beauty in the Breaking Storm: Marc Quinn and the Aesthetics of Destruction
by Hettie Judah

Hettie Judah writes about Marc Quinn's exhibition Violence and Serenity.

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(Still) Life in the Garden City
by Wenny Teo

Dr. Wenny Teo writes about Quinn's large scale installation Planet on permanent display at The Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.

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The Eye of History - Marc Quinn’s New Cosmology
by Jerry Brotton

It is in the shifting sands of the littoral zone that Marc Quinn has been making art for over two decades. In works involving his body and those of others, as well as an extraordinarily diverse array of media and materials, Quinn has simultaneously shocked and seduced us into asking questions about who we are as late modern people.

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Bring me the head of Marc Quinn!
by Will Self

Will Self writes about Marc Quinn's series of self portraits made with the artist's own blood.

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