Planet Sculpture

Planet Sculpture by Marc Quinn

This large-scale bronze sculpture is based on an earlier work titled ‘Innocence’, which is a sculptural portrait of Quinn’s first son at seven months old soon after he was diagnosed with a severe milk allergy. The planet was commissioned by Chatsworth House and placed in their formal gardens, landscaped by Capability Brown. Made in painted bronze and steel, the work measures nearly 10 metres long and almost 4m high, but appears to hover over the ground as if impossibly suspended, giving the illusion of weightlessness. Despite its emphasis on the fragility of life, Planet’s enormous scale disrupts our sense of time and space.

Seemingly suspended above the ground, the impressive bronze sculpture weighs a hefty 7 tonnes, is 9 metres long and stands at 3 metres tall. The planet was actually inspired by Quinn’s own son, Lucas, as a baby. It was created in 2008 and commissioned for the Chatsworth House, before making a debut in Musee Oceanographique in Monaco, before finally settling into its new home at Gardens By The Bay.