Ged Quinn

Ged Quinn (born 1963, Liverpool) is an English artist. He studied at the Ruskin in Oxford, the Slade School of Art in London, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.

He specialises in allegorical paintings that include contemporary images (generally on controversial topics in Western cultural history) in idyllic scenes based on classical paintings such as the pastoral works of Claude Lorrain and Caspar David Friedrich.

For instance, his "Cross in the Wilderness" introduces a miniature Spandau Prison, the iconic jail for Nazi war criminals, into a forest scene based on "Der Chasseur im Walde" by Friedrich, a leading painter in German Romanticism. [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/artistresidency/ged-quinn.htm Ged Quinn Artist in Residence 2003-2004] , Tate St Ives] Another painting, "Darkening of the Green", places the controversial HM Prison Maze into a rural landscape.

Quinn has exhibited internationally in many shows including "Language of the Wall" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ljubliania, Slovenia, "The Real Ideal" at the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield, and "Showcase" at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. He is represented by Wilkinson Gallery in London.

Quinn was also the keyboard player in the Liverpool group The Wild Swans (band). He was one of the three original core members, along with Paul Simpson and Jeremy Kelly, and played on their Zoo Records 12" single "The Revolutionary Spirit/God Forbid" released in 1982. He was also involved when the group reformed in 1986, although he left shortly afterwards to pursue his art career. A retrospective 2CD collection called "Incandescent" with Quinn appearing on all tracks, was released in 2003 by Renascent Records [http://www.renascent.co.uk] . However Quinn did not appear on either of the band's two albums for Sire Records later in the nineteen eighties.

In the interim between the Wild Swans Mks I and II he was also a member of another Liverpool band, The Lotus Eaters (new wave) and co-wrote their hit single "The First Picture Of You".

References

External links

* [http://gedquinn.co.uk/ Ged Quinn’s official site]
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ged_quinn.htm Ged Quinn – Painting – Saatchi Gallery]