Marc Quinn: Light Into Life Publisher / University of Chicago Press Of the 300 or so

Of the 300 or so printed books Hokusai created in his lifetime

from classic North American skyscrapers and European masterpieces to modest churches in Africa

Featuring new writing by leading thinkers across generations and disciplines

with many considering him more versatile than Michelangelo and more prolific than his older contemporary Leonardo da Vinci

As author Ruth Guilding puts it: ‘My personal mantra for the descriptions of people and their houses in this book roughly seems to be that old stuff is good

Marc Quinn: Light Into Life Publisher / University of Chicago Press Of the 300 or soLight into Life encompasses monumental sculptures in the Kew landscape alongside a gallery exhibition that examines our complex and often challenging relationship with the natural world. It includes newly conceived artworks inspired by Kews archives, scientific research and horticulture. These are accompanied by a selection of existing pieces, many of which explore the idea of nature as a fundamental part of humanity a prominent focus of Marc Quinns