First Love
Resin sculpture
Edition of 999
Height 11½"
£1,295
I Give You My Soul
Resin sculpture
Edition of 495
Height 16"
£1,795
Decisions Quinn is as much a wordsmith as an
Resin sculpture
artist and all his pieces are accompanied
"I DOn’t BELIEVE In PuRELY
Edition of 495
Height 17"
by poems or pieces of prose. He says it
£995
DECORAtIVE WORK. It muSt
is important that they act as a ‘whole’ and
each structure can only exist and be truly
tRAnSmIt EmOtIOnS; It
understood with the accompanying words.
muSt SAY SOmEtHInG tO
“I don’t believe in art being purely decora-
tive work to match the colour of your sofa or
mE AnD tHE PEOPLE tHAt
walls. It should have a meaning and transmit
OBSERVE It"
emotions; it must say something to me - and
the people that observe it,” he explains. to be touched and felt. "the reason I sculpt
He is inspired to sculpt by life’s everyday the hand is because I need to commu-
experiences as well as by poems, literature nicate in a universal language, especially
and what he calls ‘observing life’s energy’, since I exhibit in fi ve continents. the use of
but admits it is his children who keep this 'hand language' helps me achieve this,
him grounded. they are, he maintains, creating a dialogue rather than a mono-
sometimes his harshest and most percep- logue," he says. "It is a powerful symbol, it
tive critics. they give him ideas and he says has the power to express love, to hate, to
he listens acutely to their observations. create, to destroy.”
“Children are so natural and their emotional In ‘First Love’ a pair of hands is ingen-
response so instinctive,” adds Quinn. iously linked as if in mid air conveying the
the human hand is a unifying theme in extraordinary strength and vulnerability of a
his latest collection. A much favoured sub- fi rst love. “Love comes upon you unexpect-
ject, Quinn believes that sculpture is there edly, grabs you, lifts you off your feet and
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