Golden Girl: Artist Marc Quinn Unveils 18k Gold Statue of Kate Moss

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLQPzheUaQc_Ry9_Qyq9W_jcRj-wp3DaAR3r68te3skegKGI7BZpovxTblYh3Kgg_4ylZEOJSv4ZuBwshLLILv_k2y86lxqSNWlhmYFYehm5M7xOYq2Fv1gVO6N2RORqgA3fj65tAmZE/s1600-h/kate1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253116413466332066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dLQPzheUaQc_Ry9_Qyq9W_jcRj-wp3DaAR3r68te3skegKGI7BZpovxTblYh3Kgg_4ylZEOJSv4ZuBwshLLILv_k2y86lxqSNWlhmYFYehm5M7xOYq2Fv1gVO6N2RORqgA3fj65tAmZE/s400/kate1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 574px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTaHNHsfNCm1Rx-Ua9qW-TyBrvGrjmEPgbVRjkoqH-zgMErEByHFrKcsnHhVO0WexoQuQWd0rYLg_UGGGEljm85EuzSqX3W_mhx3tzBeKqT2z-JBuUJr7SO824SogiN5mHncgz58XKFj6/s1600-h/moss2_408252a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253115580206008002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTaHNHsfNCm1Rx-Ua9qW-TyBrvGrjmEPgbVRjkoqH-zgMErEByHFrKcsnHhVO0WexoQuQWd0rYLg_UGGGEljm85EuzSqX3W_mhx3tzBeKqT2z-JBuUJr7SO824SogiN5mHncgz58XKFj6/s400/moss2_408252a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 498px; height: 234px;" /></a><br /><br />An 18 karat gold sculpture of model Kate Moss in a yoga position is hardly my idea of a worthwhile way to spend approximately 2.75 million US dollars. But that's the estimated value of artist <a href="http://www.marcquinn.com/">Marc Quinn</a>'s latest incarnation of his contorted life-sized Kate Moss figure.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8kPo9g61kRsGScy6CU1dtbLakHLmZDFzOhj6nV_MUz-P2FMaMaZV8C61512Trn9tyJZzUzNUJ8gbu33n-YLmHIYnC55d31oC5XJJEhK7BMNoRwHmtoGErrXfjXvPACdVVrNugn-yq3Gr/s1600-h/Kate-Moss-gold-460_1002526c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253115321704669362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8kPo9g61kRsGScy6CU1dtbLakHLmZDFzOhj6nV_MUz-P2FMaMaZV8C61512Trn9tyJZzUzNUJ8gbu33n-YLmHIYnC55d31oC5XJJEhK7BMNoRwHmtoGErrXfjXvPACdVVrNugn-yq3Gr/s400/Kate-Moss-gold-460_1002526c.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 310px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRiFdr0BGpBXkhs49E1vCYOhiCNOaogDwWdTSLE93247KxEOOpsYLd1QG6LCdbwID3wBGzvkt5RDkIVPal6LYe_L-hYBTPZ39lrGT0-OYeuAv4o7-u3UzbvFRsCKzRJfpnfOSlIE-ImhT/s1600-h/gold-Moss-statue.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253114528327378098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRiFdr0BGpBXkhs49E1vCYOhiCNOaogDwWdTSLE93247KxEOOpsYLd1QG6LCdbwID3wBGzvkt5RDkIVPal6LYe_L-hYBTPZ39lrGT0-OYeuAv4o7-u3UzbvFRsCKzRJfpnfOSlIE-ImhT/s400/gold-Moss-statue.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 266px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Marc Quinn with "Kate" aka Siren.</span><br /><br />Unveiled this morning in the <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/">British Museum</a> as part of the <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/future_exhibitions/statuephilia.aspx">Statuephilia exhibition</a>, the work, entitled Siren, was created by sculptor Marc Quinn, best known for his sculpture <span style="font-style: italic;">Alison Lapper Pregnant</span>, which stood on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_TX6MkCs4rHJk_0yixiqWRjDtR1VA1ABwInLkqWy_62sArWJSRNDc__FMu_PBpWePR-2d1lUB3a2UBkAymeDEjXq5P0ygdS6Ks7TKPvK99VZVwMm3479lKI6QgKC6BsnJmThz8AhIW8Y/s1600-h/450px-Alison_Lapper.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253114951358013890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_TX6MkCs4rHJk_0yixiqWRjDtR1VA1ABwInLkqWy_62sArWJSRNDc__FMu_PBpWePR-2d1lUB3a2UBkAymeDEjXq5P0ygdS6Ks7TKPvK99VZVwMm3479lKI6QgKC6BsnJmThz8AhIW8Y/s400/450px-Alison_Lapper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 665px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquAW0nznhJDwTT7FmY6mDA5jqb8suVLWqgFNZMocPbWAPQw09SkNZ1mGlgllv2wrAn7j5VaTN2nwTVe8ABxjY7EDl8K1qOFS7mLuOUkB1_YAoz3_1LRiw31uq70U2wbRstKBYOYZasNM9/s1600-h/08a_29_08aplinth_415x275.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253112504859594850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquAW0nznhJDwTT7FmY6mDA5jqb8suVLWqgFNZMocPbWAPQw09SkNZ1mGlgllv2wrAn7j5VaTN2nwTVe8ABxjY7EDl8K1qOFS7mLuOUkB1_YAoz3_1LRiw31uq70U2wbRstKBYOYZasNM9/s400/08a_29_08aplinth_415x275.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 328px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Marc Quinn's most well-known sculpture, 'Alison Lapper Pregnant', in Trafalgar Square.</span><br /><br />The statue of Moss, described as an “Aphrodite of our times”, now stands in the British Museum’s Nereid Gallery alongside legendary Greek heroines such as the Crouching Venus, a statue of Venus caught bathing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD7WMiboREHxRyHI4wPY7zTtygoTqFFEGxi96E5YeRYTO7twbnR7jbE4WEMk1gAGq4DuS13AN5Qy6Uvj05ErrK1_4oUUT6HgibwVFy5mw6KEorOb3WxUTRx0XuY3sQgNim_LfVz_2zMti/s1600-h/gold-Kate-Moss-statue.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253113078739774034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD7WMiboREHxRyHI4wPY7zTtygoTqFFEGxi96E5YeRYTO7twbnR7jbE4WEMk1gAGq4DuS13AN5Qy6Uvj05ErrK1_4oUUT6HgibwVFy5mw6KEorOb3WxUTRx0XuY3sQgNim_LfVz_2zMti/s400/gold-Kate-Moss-statue.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 502px; height: 753px;" /></a><br /><br />The sculpture, which is hollow, weighs about as much as the supermodel herself according to the artist, and is believed to be the largest gold statue made in the world since Ancient Egyptian times.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs6laue9OGDEwerYvjwcgoJxB3iBbGOpjQnYEwS5g4hWeoM8MkPzx3gDWaF_USU3yqy2hkRouNJcaFTBBbwa4aqAdY7y5joKbGa0CVWEaz60ing66BHehuWNxaMoHCASeBuQpQiF_fzhE/s1600-h/quin253x253_closeup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253117155604113666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs6laue9OGDEwerYvjwcgoJxB3iBbGOpjQnYEwS5g4hWeoM8MkPzx3gDWaF_USU3yqy2hkRouNJcaFTBBbwa4aqAdY7y5joKbGa0CVWEaz60ing66BHehuWNxaMoHCASeBuQpQiF_fzhE/s400/quin253x253_closeup.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 495px;" /></a><br /><br />Quinn said of his choice of Moss as a subject: “I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who’s the ideal beauty of the moment. "<br /><br />This isn't the first time Marc Quinn has used the iconic model in his work. He originally cast Kate in white-washed bronze in 2005 and called it Sphinx (shown below).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8uLGRmz5gikNnJ3-zSwwuW53BDS6Ezm4zxChynz7uyzTYypKqsIkuzxg01qvJgnFMDzTCGtgYqvDRoj1TEZvsbQyR32zINjychE2KrcShPgrxUujcHxcA1okWqVCi72TDGj8e84X0AtU/s1600-h/eng-10-43-55-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253112871239425378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8uLGRmz5gikNnJ3-zSwwuW53BDS6Ezm4zxChynz7uyzTYypKqsIkuzxg01qvJgnFMDzTCGtgYqvDRoj1TEZvsbQyR32zINjychE2KrcShPgrxUujcHxcA1okWqVCi72TDGj8e84X0AtU/s400/eng-10-43-55-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 256px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: 2005, Sphinx, from all angles.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0MwIenWqRboKyr7AJrsXQp0NMkMNri-6V5ZzJwu-EGtG1ZVu6ETCgI6VsogbOud4Kx5h8YTtV45Crjd8LlnlGhy875SZ-d7bfqLrmSlES2IOEpB0IwQLTK-037qdbql_OnKDM3Q4IF-I/s1600-h/quinn253x506.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253116797334448818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0MwIenWqRboKyr7AJrsXQp0NMkMNri-6V5ZzJwu-EGtG1ZVu6ETCgI6VsogbOud4Kx5h8YTtV45Crjd8LlnlGhy875SZ-d7bfqLrmSlES2IOEpB0IwQLTK-037qdbql_OnKDM3Q4IF-I/s400/quinn253x506.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 496px; height: 992px;" /></a><br /><br />The golden Kate, who stands in a yoga position, is not alone in the exhibition in the British Museum. She has 200 Damien Hirst skulls for company, which commandeer the historic wall cases of the Enlightenment Gallery (shown below).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOvfzE723C2hrPDVqFxuPGGRELl5E9AfOOqvbVTjCI5AFHsd3pB1v4EgVmi2LKZMVZhUvhfgRfgUG6KJwMoKozNOatIc-6uZupBkDEasDOIvkrplI3Xkh_3ZbPKmq1giCyrBqSQ9YehsP/s1600-h/hirst253x506.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253120170016542178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOvfzE723C2hrPDVqFxuPGGRELl5E9AfOOqvbVTjCI5AFHsd3pB1v4EgVmi2LKZMVZhUvhfgRfgUG6KJwMoKozNOatIc-6uZupBkDEasDOIvkrplI3Xkh_3ZbPKmq1giCyrBqSQ9YehsP/s400/hirst253x506.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 310px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpQzumGh_6hlY6urR0310RgPpawC8KHdHeuGNC9NV6xbSY689-wF9GaogCbWqOafiMWdemUAKpQ98skZRSqM-zFijaYHEYsGh4NpD1Iz_VxqakiW-Q63Ayt_b3mUcEhqrRxQCIrfBgFoA/s1600-h/noblewebster253x506.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253122878142097442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpQzumGh_6hlY6urR0310RgPpawC8KHdHeuGNC9NV6xbSY689-wF9GaogCbWqOafiMWdemUAKpQ98skZRSqM-zFijaYHEYsGh4NpD1Iz_VxqakiW-Q63Ayt_b3mUcEhqrRxQCIrfBgFoA/s400/noblewebster253x506.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 310px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Damien Hirst's "Cornucopia" and a Noble and Webster work, sculpted entirely from mummified animal parts.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUIwMOO3EsrozTZwxqLU0Zhu_tDTZfLDrGuvDqOsP0g3hgwUDAnG8FfDO9EI6EaXbBS8jvSMv_38vNzpsNeQ8d443eJADbHr0oo1_lwWsuA9NA6QwTBqJ1yKx2oCmZ4CJeoSpOyLqXzgg/s1600-h/gormley760x253.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253119377715334482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUIwMOO3EsrozTZwxqLU0Zhu_tDTZfLDrGuvDqOsP0g3hgwUDAnG8FfDO9EI6EaXbBS8jvSMv_38vNzpsNeQ8d443eJADbHr0oo1_lwWsuA9NA6QwTBqJ1yKx2oCmZ4CJeoSpOyLqXzgg/s400/gormley760x253.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 167px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Anthony Gormley's Case for an Angel I, the precusor to his celebrated winged sculpture, iconic Angel of the North, fills the front hall of the museum.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyUkpBFLSMvkWEGbUlEq3Lfz4LD34fd9oi79YVrD8Iv9F3YjcJ4nORHnKzYgT050LbWXBAMYFF0pd44enA939SN_24M05kmKJVl39BSVfeI4krCL4jY_dbl5q1su-tWI1pFNmmCMgha9M/s1600-h/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253118210641428050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyUkpBFLSMvkWEGbUlEq3Lfz4LD34fd9oi79YVrD8Iv9F3YjcJ4nORHnKzYgT050LbWXBAMYFF0pd44enA939SN_24M05kmKJVl39BSVfeI4krCL4jY_dbl5q1su-tWI1pFNmmCMgha9M/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/statuephilia.aspx">Statuephilia exhibition</a> of contemporary sculptures will run at the British Museum from October 4 to January 25<br><br>

Golden Girl: Artist Marc Quinn Unveils 18k Gold Statue of Kate Moss

An 18 karat gold sculpture of model Kate Moss in a yoga position is hardly my idea of a worthwhile way to spend approximately 2.75 million U...

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