Zombie Boy sculpture will greet visitors to Science Museum
by Mark Brown Arts correspondent from on (#3HY9F)
Marc Quinn to create likeness of Rick Genest, who is covered with tattoos of the inside of his body
Marc Quinn, the artist best known for freezing 10 pints of his own blood in a bust of his head, is to create a giant sculpture of a tattooed man known as Zombie Boy to permanently greet visitors to new galleries at the Science Museum in London.
Zombie Boy is Rick Genest, a Canadian artist and model who, after a period of illness, decided to cover himself head to foot with tattoos of the inside of his body.
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