Marc Quinn
Marc Quinn, Blue Iris with Diamond Dust, 2019
2019

Name: Marc Quinn, Blue Iris with Diamond Dust, 2019
Brand: Marc Quinn
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'Blue Iris with Diamond Dust', created in 2019 by Marc Quinn. The piece features a blue iris with an overlay of a world map covered with a brilliant layer of shimmering Diamond Dust. This silkscreen print is an exclusive edition of only 15. The artwork has been framed custom in a luxurious black lacquer with a subtly textured black matte underlay. The custom framed dimensions measure: 38.5 x 38.5 x 2 in. / 97.8 x 97.8 x 5.2 cm. The Iris paintings reflect the fact that, in the age of the internet, the visual sense dominates our perception of the world. The eye is traditionally seen as a mirror of the soul but it is also a kind of microscopic map of an individual's identity, since each person's is unique. In these works, Quinn depicts an iris at close range, in a photorealist, non-expressive way on a round canvas. The eye is enlarged so that it appears virtually abstract and the pupil appears like a aperture or hole in the centre of a fine, detailed network of colourful lines. Quinn was interested in the idea of making ‘stealth’ portraits of people, at once universal and unique, and not just an image of the sitter, but an actual visual index of their identity. The artist observes: "The etymology of 'iris' is derived from the Greek word for 'rainbow'. And in the colours, even in quite subtle, dark colours, there is a kind of celebration of individuality." Furthermore, "in the middle you have that black hole of the pupil [and] all of the mystery and uncertainty of life. It’s a very profound expression of the ambiguity which is at the heart of our existence. "Also of interest about the eye is its position as the only internal organ you can see from the outside, as Quinn remarks: "The iris is in a way our doorway to the world, it is the window we see out of and the doorway for light to enter and interact with our nervous system. They are like a leakage of the vivid interior world of the body to the monochrome world of the skin." In the works Map of Where You Can't See the Stars and Eye of History, Quinn has added a world map over the image of the eye. These works comment on the paranoid world we live in, and the notion of 24 hour news where the whole world is connected through ever-present media and syncopate this with notions of our eroding and changing geographical world. They present images of the world map from various perspectives – such as the Arctic – displaying how the boundaries of experience and geographical territory as we know them are rapidly changing.

Details

Artist
Marc Quinn (1964, British)
Creation Year
2019
Medium
Screen

Movement & Style
Contemporary
Condition
New
Period
2010-

Dimensions
H 38.5 in. x W 38.5 in. x D 2.05 in.H 97.79 cm x W 97.79 cm x D 5.21 cm
Gallery Location
New York, NY
Reference Number
LU83515890682

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