Mark Quinn Art. This is a collection of three previously-released documentaries about the protean plastic artist Mark Quinn:
New Directors (1997). A short firm made for Italian TV by Franca Cereghini and Gerald Fox.
Life Support. (2000). Another film made for Italian TV with a dream-like journey into the mind of Quinn.
Making Waves. (2014). A feature-length movie about Quinn’s work and life.
The logo of Monarda Arts appears on the front cover. But this is an Arthaus Musik product published as Catalog Title No. 109403.
To people active in the world of contemporary art, this will likely be all old news. But to innocent souls like me, this is all new as I never heard of Mark Quinn before. Now that I’ve learned something about him, I’m a bit surprised that I didn’t encounter him earlier. But I’ve never been anywhere when he had a popular show going, nor did I ever happen see any of his famous and unforgettable large works of public art. So I’m excited to get this title and get a bit caught up!
I’m also excited about this title as it is only the 3rd significant HDVD about the plastic arts that has appeared since the era of HDVD started in 2008. (The first was the excellent Vincent Van Gogh title (if you speak English or Dutch) from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The second was the deeply flawed but still popular Gerhard Richter Painting.)
Here’s a substantial official trailer showing Quinn at work:
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