When:
March 31, 2017 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
2017-03-31T18:30:00+01:00
2017-03-31T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
UK
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
UK
Cost:
£7
Contact:
The National Gallery
Hear sculptor Marc Quinn discuss how the work of Michelangelo has inspired his own creative practice.
Biography
Marc Quinn is a leading British contemporary artist. His works include ‘Alison Lapper Pregnant’ (2005–2007), a sculpture on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth; ‘Evolution’ (2005), comprising nine large sculptural components and one rock of unhewn marble (pictured) which reference Michelangelo’s unfinished sculpture, ‘Dying Slave’ (1513–16, now in the Louvre); and ‘Self’, a sculpture of Quinn’s head, made with his own frozen blood (an ongoing project, first made in 1991). Quinn’s work frequently connects in a meaningful way with art history, from antiquity to modern masters.