WORK OF THE WEEK : Marc Quinn, ‘Kate Moss’, 2007

Marc Quinn
Kate Moss, 2007
Acrylic on gesso with silicone flower
40 x 30 cm
15 ¾ x 11 ¾ in.

Marc Quinn (b.1964) came to prominence in the early 1990s. His work helped to redefine what it was to make and experience contemporary art, considering themes of identity and beauty, together with current, social history.

The British model Kate Moss has been an ongoing source of inspiration for Marc Quinn. He received international recognition for a series of sculptures depicting Moss in a variety of yogic poses, including Siren (2008) - a solid gold sculpture displayed at The British Museum, London. Quinn is also well known for his hyperrealist oil paintings of flowers and photorealist paintings of irises, created using an airbrush. Kate Moss (2007) combines these two aspects of Quinn's practice.

Marc Quinn has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries including Tate Gallery, London, South London Gallery, Kunstverein Hannover, Fondazione Prada, Milan, MACRO, Rome, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Musée Océanographique, Monaco, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.

Allen Jones
Swivel, 2022
Corten painted with oil enamel and brass
31 x 48 x 33 cm
12 x 1ft 7 x 1ft 1 in.
Edition 3 of 3

Allen Jones (b.1937) is renowned for his sexualised, figurative works. In Swivel, the pointed legs of the female form 'swivel' on the brass base, allowing her pose to change. The female form has remained Jones' primary subject, depicted through oil painting, watercolour, print, sculpture and photography, most notably of Kate Moss in a gold breastplate of his design.

Allen Jones has exhibited internationally and has work in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. and the Nagaoka Museum, Japan.