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The Archeology of Art: Massive Bronze Seashells

British artist Marc Quinn makes several different large-scale components that sketch a similarity to nature. His newest works, a sequence of giant bronze seashells, are what he calling The Archeology of Art. According to Quinn
"the form of the shell is like a found structural diagram of how the present becomes the past, with the rings on the outside of the shell suggesting the past and a polished reflective front showing the present."
In inclusion to introducing a conch at a range that allows audiences simply walking around it and take in the excellent information, Quinn's designs signify the normally formed and endured area of real seashells. The bronze statues are actually scaly designs of real seashells that Quinn has digitally scanned and duplicated. His declaration explains: 
"The process begins by selecting real shells from nature, which are then scanned with a digital 3D scanner. That code is then converted into a digital 3D map and outputted to a 3D printer, which produces the shell model to be cast in bronze. Consequently, Quinn’s shell sculptures are born much in the same way that an organism uses its DNA to reproduce."
Quinn's seashell statues are currently on show in an show named All the Time in the World in New York  at Jane Boone Collection through July 29, 2013. A significant show of his work named Marc Quinn will also open to the public in Venice, as part of the 55th Venice Biennale, at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on May 29th.

Quinn's Seashell Sculptures Photo






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