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MTV RE:DEFINE HONOREE MARC QUINN TAKES ON THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS ONE DROP OF BLOOD AT A TIME. Marc Quinn, Zombie Boy (City), 2011, bronze, 70.07 x 22.04 x 13.77 in. © Marc Quinn. Courtesy of Marc Quinn Studio.
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arc Quinn has been coming to Dallas since the early 90s when his “blood head” sculpture Self, a cast of the artist’s head created from 10 pints of his own blood, entered the Rachofsky Collection. “I generally find Dallas to be one of the most interesting communities in the US and, in fact, the world. It’s a community I want to engage with and support as well,” shares Quinn, who will be fêted as this year’s MTV RE:DEFINE honored artist on March 29. Quinn (b. 1964) is a contemporary British artist, and among the preeminent YBAs (Young British Artists), who investigates “what it is to be a person living in the world” through his museumcollected artworks exhibited internationally at notable institutions such as the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, and Amsterdam’s Stedel ijk Museum among others. Addressing mank ind’s relationship to nature driven by human desire, the perplexities
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of identity and beauty, and the urgency of social issues of today, Quinn’s practice spans sculpture, painting, and installation. Considering him the ultimate humanitarian, Dallas’ very own humanitarians, Joyce Goss and Kenny Goss, selected him for the award. “Marc personifies a man who is truly committed to philanthropy and support for MTV RE:DEFINE and other important causes.” The duo are the co-founders of the auction and gala, now in its eighth year, which benefits the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and for the first time this year will award financial support to a postgraduate fine arts student from one of the world’s premier fine arts scholastic programs as they transition to the professional world. Marc Quinn is happy to support their efforts. “Kenny and Joyce have been really close friends of mine for a while now, both through their collection and they had a show for me in their old space.”
