Marc Quinn
- elizabethseymour11
- May 28, 2021
- 1 min read
A Surge of Power, 2020
Responding to current affairs
immediate
in the moment
Controversial - should he have left this space for a black artist?
By working so quickly do artists leave themselves more vulnerable to criticism? Maybe this is a good thing?
The strength in this piece is that is it an immediate reaction. Would it have been less effective if he was done months later?
The point of politically motivated artworks is to make the statement and get the reaction when it matters.
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