Canadian sculptor Mark Prent, innovator in the dark arts, dead at 72

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Canadian sculptor Mark Prent died of an aortic aneurysm at a Vermont hospital on Sept. 2. He was 72.

Canadian artist Mark Prent is shown in a handout photo. Prent, whose otherworld)ly sculptures unsettled the art world, has died age 72. Gallerist Phillip Gevik says Prent, who split his time between Montreal and Vermont, died on Sept. 2 after a brief illness unrelated to COVID-19. From the moment Canadian sculptor Mark Prent hit the art scene, his works tapped into the dark corners of the public imagination.

In response to a complaint from a purported public morality watchdog, Toronto police tried to shut down the installation, laying charges for the public display of a "disgusting object." As a young artist at Concordia University, Prent developed new techniques to imbue his otherworldly sculptures with visceral verisimilitude. For example, Sue Prent said he developed a method of "reverse painting" involving gradations of coloured coats to recreate the translucency of flesh.

Collectors in the art market, however, were initially not as enchanted with Prent's monstrous whimsicality.

 

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Everytime I hear the word 'art' I reach for my revolver.

Good he can go join his idol Satan

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