marc quinn at the casa di giulietta in verona

marc quinn
may 23 to september 27, 2009
casa di giulietta, verona
curator: danilo eccher


marc quinn
love painting, 2009
pencil, ink, paper collage on canvas
image courtesy of the artist

marc quinn's exhibition will run along a route of main historic sites
in the city of verona, where a selection of his installations will be located in the
scenic setting of the piazza bra in castelvecchio, at porta borsari.

the route acts as a trail and concludes inside the mythological
casa di giulietta (house of juliette). this is considered to be the 'heart' of the exhibition,
where his most famous work, his cycle of flower paintings, will be shown with
a series of new works including his important sculpture 'siren', made of solid gold.

the link between physical locations and the ideals of the trail lies in the exhibition's
overall theme:'the myth', collaboratively chosen by the curator and the artist himself.
the notion of displaying the core of the exhibition at the casa di giulietta came from
the desire for quinn to dive into the scenario of the legendary excellence
that has been celebrated by the shakespearean drama of the lovers of verona -
a real time place in which the keys for the observation and contemporary reading of
the story of romeo and juliette has become universal heritage.


marc quinn
siren, 2008
made of 18 karat gold
88 x 65 x 50cm
image © marc quinn, courtesy of byblos art gallery


marc quinn
waiting for godot, 2006
made from patinated bronze
image courtesy of byblos art gallery