Venue:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Artist:
Marc Quinn.

Exhibition description:
A new sculpture by the British artist Marc Quinn was displayed on the Grand Canal terrace of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, during the 50th Venice Biennale of Visual Arts. The Overwhelming World of Desire (Phragmipedium Sedenii) represents an orchid, realized in stainless steel twelve meters high. The model for this work, just over a foot tall, had been displayed in the exhibition Thinking Big: Concepts for 21st Century British Sculpture, which was held at the Peggy Guggenheim in 2002. Quinn’s sculpture was commissioned by Dornbracht as part of their Statements 7 contemporary art project, and organized in conjunction with Meiré und Meiré Agency and White Cube, London.

Partnerships:
Dornbracht.

Catalogue:
No catalogue.