Artist Brings Kate Moss To Life
Marc Quinn is a British sculptor and an apparently an avid fan of Kate Moss. How do we know? I think it was the 110 pound, $2.8 million solid gold statue that he made of her that clued us in. This beautiful statue of a beautiful model is being dubbed as one of the greatest creation’s that we have seen since the ancient Egypt.
This isn’t the firs time that Quinn has used Moss as his muse. In 2006 he created a bronze statue of her in a yoga pose that is more then a little provocative and called it the Sphinx. He has called the newest statue the Siren.
The British Museum is now home to the new statue - which they have only released pictures of her face. That is because she is once again in a very sensual yoga position. “I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who’s the ideal beauty of the moment,” Quinn said of his fabulously excessive creation. “But even Kate Moss doesn’t live up to the image.”
The British public will be able to determine for itself whether the statue succeeds where Moss apparently failed, with the objet d’art going on display in the same British Museum gallery that houses the institution’s ancient Greek sculpture collection. The statue will be on display from Oct. 4 through Jan. 25.