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Billy Quinn, b.1954

Billy, 1991

‘Billy’ is a self-portrait and one of a series of large photoworks which deal with the AIDS virus. Undertaken as a homage to friends and colleagues stricken by the disease in New York in the 1990s, Quinn photographed volunteers with an attribute against a gold leaf background reminiscent of the saints in medieval icons.

MediumLaser prints, gold and silver, acrylic on wood
Dimensions Unframed, 244 x 152 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Purchase, 1996
Item NumberIMMA.739
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Billy Quinn, Billy, 1991, Laser prints, gold and silver, acrylic on wood, Unframed, 244 x 152 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 1996

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

  • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    Billy Quinn, b.1954

    Irish artist Billy Quinn (born 1954) studied at the National College of Art and Design. He relocated to London in 1974, and moved to New York in the 1990s. Quinn’s practice combines photography, painting, installation and performance, and deals with issues including AIDS and his Roman Catholic upbringing. Quinn returned to Ireland to take part in IMMA’s Artist's Residency Programme in 1995. He has since exhibited and taught in Ireland, the UK and the United States.
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    Artworks by Billy Quinn

    Brian and Rachel

    Brian and Rachel Billy Quinn 1993

    Sodomy Piece Billy Quinn 1992