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latenightepisodes: realcleverscience: This is Marc Quinn’s most famous piece of work, Self, made using 4.5 litres of his own blood, which was slowly extracted from his body over a period of five months and frozen in a cast of his face. Quinn has been making these roughly every five years since 1991, and each one must be maintained carefully in fridges. The fragility of the media means exhibiting is difficult - the head has to be placed into a glass case which is chilled from underneath. It reminds the audience of the fragility of existence and the precise conditions necessary for the flourishing of life Kind of creepy (I’m sorry but blood is not my thing), but pretty frakken amazing! Blood talk always renders me weak, but holy shit.

latenightepisodes:

realcleverscience:

This is Marc Quinn’s most famous piece of work, Self, made using 4.5 litres of his own blood, which was slowly extracted from his body over a period of five months and frozen in a cast of his face. Quinn has been making these roughly every five years since 1991, and each one must be maintained carefully in fridges. The fragility of the media means exhibiting is difficult - the head has to be placed into a glass case which is chilled from underneath. It reminds the audience of the fragility of existence and the precise conditions necessary for the flourishing of life

Kind of creepy (I’m sorry but blood is not my thing), but pretty frakken amazing!

Blood talk always renders me weak, but holy shit.

#art  #awesome  
4 months ago on January 14, 2012 at 10:20pm
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