Marc Quinn 'Planet (Microcosmos)'
November 27, 2009 - January 16, 2010

In the Editions Department, we will be showing Marc Quinn’s edition Planet (Microcosmos), made exclusively for the show. The sculpture made of Sterling Silver, depicts the artist’s seven-month old son. The sculpture of the baby, which seems to float in space, is based on PLANET, a sculpture of the same baby in gigantic dimensions: 10 meters long, weighing over 7 tons, which Quinn exhibited last year in the Chatsworth House sculpture park. The edition now shows the other extreme. With its small size (6 cm) the work emphasizes the preciousness and the fragility of the sculpture, the baby, life and the planet.