Oct 12 2009WTF Is That?!?: A Frozen Blood Head
Let's cut right to the questionable chase: this is a sculpture (or mold) of artist Marc Quinn's head made from 4.5 liters of his own frozen blood. Really gets you in that Halloween spirit, doesn't it? No, not so much.
The blood is taken from this own body over a period of five months. The work is then repeated every five years to establish a unique record of the artist aging.
Now I'm not here to judge art, but that seems pretty sick. Plus, what if the power goes out on your freezer while you're away on vacation? How do you explain the 4.5 liter bloodstain in your garage? You hunt deer. That was a freebie -- next time, you owe me.
Creepy And Disgusting "Self" Art By Equally Creepy Artist Marc Quinn [youbentmywookie]
Thanks to eric, who once made a head out of frozen orange juice concentrate. It was delicious.
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Reader Comments
1. Tom - October 12, 2009 10:17 AM
frist p0st!!!11!
2. ClaMs - October 12, 2009 10:17 AM
First... to throw up
3. kate - October 12, 2009 10:23 AM
why blood?!?? jelly (jell-o) would have been far better to use for this sort of thing...
4. Sammywa - October 12, 2009 10:23 AM
What.
5. Danielle - October 12, 2009 10:26 AM
I can't fap to this....
6. LSDiesel - October 12, 2009 10:28 AM
He stole this idea from my penis sculpture crafted from 4.5 liters of my own frozen soldiers.
7. STOMPY - October 12, 2009 10:29 AM
@6
I bet instead of taking 5 months like the sculptor above it only took you two weeks...
8. Timbo - October 12, 2009 10:32 AM
gross. Why?....
9. Hand - October 12, 2009 10:37 AM
Yum -- it's like a really large popsicle...for weirdos
10. catch22 - October 12, 2009 10:42 AM
so the dude fills a plaster mold with blood like an ice cube tray?
points for originality
however i would have mixed the blood with a geletin base or wax or something to add durability
11. Hawk - October 12, 2009 10:44 AM
Someone needs to get a REAL hobby!
12. naas - October 12, 2009 10:48 AM
it's a vampire's feast, looks delicious
13. madgame - October 12, 2009 10:51 AM
I think I saw somewhere a female artist that painted with her vag period blood. This rivals that on the horfaroni meter.
14. Ham Bone - October 12, 2009 11:06 AM
if no one is going to eat that then DIBS ... mmmmm blood pops
@6 also dibs on that .... mmmmm jizz pops
15. OmikronApex - October 12, 2009 11:07 AM
Cool thing. But not as cool as my idea of molding roses with both water and blood. BLOOD ROSES, man!
16. Dream - October 12, 2009 11:16 AM
@14
Agreed.
And i really have Jizz-cicles in my freezer. All the kids love 'em.
17. JADE - October 12, 2009 11:22 AM
@13 Eeeewaaah That is worse than this gross blood head.
18. RichP - October 12, 2009 11:29 AM
Looks like a copy/remake, he made the original about 5+ years ago, but a cleaner at the Saatchi gallery pulled plug out of the display cabinet one night and it melted. Fail.
19. Blastphemer - October 12, 2009 12:16 PM
Article forgot to mention that after forming his latest "sculpture", the artist then goes back to the hole in his basement to ensure that "it has put the lotion on it's skin" and that it has done what it's told.
20. a dog - October 12, 2009 2:18 PM
first
21. TetterkeT - October 12, 2009 4:40 PM
Marc Quinn looks an awful lot like Dick Van Patten.
22. photosynthesize - October 12, 2009 4:57 PM
jeez, he made those heads in 2005. old news. likewise the mug with the cookie compartment has been on sale for years too.
23. adam - October 12, 2009 6:24 PM
this was at tate modern in london and SOMEONE DID UNPLUG THE FREEZER.
the head melted and there were a lot of unhappy people...
24. Tom - October 12, 2009 7:03 PM
That's nasty.
25. ciao - October 12, 2009 8:04 PM
perfect popsicle for vampires :D
26. Jayna - October 12, 2009 9:33 PM
Wow, this is odd, nasty, interesting, and just plain creepy. Thumbs up to this guy for being utterly... I can't even think of a proper adjective for him.
27. John John - October 12, 2009 11:11 PM
I believe this piece is currently in the Rachofsky House by Richard Meier in Dallas, Texas. They keep it chilled all the time. Their house is designed to showcase their art collection. They keep it chilled all the time, what you can do if you have enough money not to worry about electricity bills...
28. Jaded Icon - October 13, 2009 7:21 AM
@ 28
"Art is about evoking emotion" - Ahhh...not so much. Maybe artists that practice sensationalism have a goal of evoking emotion. That means that they create the art solely to get a reaction out of their audience. Not all art is like that. Of course the ones that get press usually are.
29. Geekolojew - October 13, 2009 7:26 AM
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30. plaidvampire - October 13, 2009 9:04 AM
Um.... yeah. I would definitely Vlad the Impaler that on a fence post.
31. Shadaisy - October 13, 2009 9:08 AM
32nd!!
32. Mike Hawk - October 13, 2009 2:02 PM
Dear Sir,
You are Bat shit crazy. Please seek help.
Seriously.
P.S. You need to make the next one out of Poo.
33. hahahaha - October 13, 2009 5:34 PM
Jaded Icon is a moron.. art IS emotion..
34. movieguy711 - October 13, 2009 8:55 PM
Check it out:
http://www.iartistlondon.com/products/iquinn
A website sells a kit to make your own blood head!
I guess this artist has been making these since 1991. The 1991 version sold in 2005 to a US collector for over $2.3 million.
I read somewhere else that he made a version of this out of his own crap too.
35. pimpin - October 14, 2009 10:30 PM
rofl @ danielle
36. Becca - October 15, 2009 8:23 AM
This is awesome.
37. anna - October 16, 2009 10:48 AM
i saw this (well a photo or some shit) when i went to the national portraite gallery on a school trip, they made us draw it with like red crayon and graphite...that shit was messed up!
38. Mo - November 2, 2009 12:19 AM
Personally, I don't think this is as bad as
1. the one of the starving street dog that supposedly was allowed to starve to death or
2. the one of the giant dead shark preserved in formaldehyde. It was captured and killed just to be preserved as "art"
39. Gem - November 2, 2009 12:22 AM
I agree with Mo. The blood head is meh. If a creature was killed for the express purpose of creating "art" it's not really art, its just death and kinda sadistic
40. Praetkin - November 13, 2009 2:13 AM
I personally think this is totally awesome. Kudos to the creativity of the idea.
41. Aaron - November 18, 2009 7:08 AM
i think its pretty interesting its not like he stole blood from someone else and also this goes out to whoever posted this... explaining the blood if for some reason the cops came to your house and your freezer had gone out which is extremely unlikely blood tests would obviously be the way to go
42. Jørgen - November 20, 2009 7:29 AM
well... if he ever needs a blood transfusion, he's got a head start.