The Nurseries of El Dorado (solaniumlycopersicum...vuium)

Marc Quinn

In 2007, Quinn presented a new series of works at White Cube in London: delicate flower sculptures based on hybridised and collaged parts of natural phenomena. Adapted from exotic orchids, fruit, vegetables and flowers, the artist brought these real elements together, cast them in bronze and then finished them with a heat treated chrome-plated bronze finish, a luminescent, reflective and highly decorative surface. These works explore Quinn’s interest in our increasingly distant relationship to all things natural, as well as our desire for ever more complex and altered fruit and flora during any time of the year, no matter what the season.

MARC QUINN The Nurseries of El Dorado cast bronze sculpture for sale
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Artist
Marc Quinn (b. 1964)
Title
The Nurseries of El Dorado (solaniumlycopersicumonfragariaphaleonopsissynopsisanthuriumrossiogloriousgrandcanalchromerootussatvuium)
Medium
Cast bronze with heat-treated chrome patina
Date
2007
Size
37 x 34 ¼ x 26 in : 94.0 x 87.0 x 66.0 cm
Provenance
White Cube, London
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited
White Cube, London, Marc Quinn, Evolution, 25 January—23 February 2008
Reference
AC22-05
Status
Available for sale, please enquire for price
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The Nurseries of El Dorado (solaniumlycopersicum...vuium) - Marc Quinn

The Nurseries of El Dorado (solaniumlycopersicum...vuium) - Marc Quinn

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