Kate Moss has now been immortalized in gold. Marc Quinn, the artist says this is the largest statue made of gold since the time of Ancient Egypt. The statue will be displayed in the British Museum with the Greek goddesses.
The British Museum plans to display a statue of supermodel Kate Moss that it bills as the largest gold statue built since ancient Egypt.
Called "Siren," the statue will be part of a group of major sculptures by leading British artists to go on display at the museum in October, the museum announced.
The museum says the artist, Marc Quinn, claims it's the largest gold statue since ancient Egypt.
His previous work included the marble sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which appeared on a plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
The Kate Moss statue, weighing 50kg, will be displayed in a gallery of the museum that houses ancient Greek sculpture. The museum calls it a "fitting setting" for the statue of Moss, "interacting with the great Greek beauties that surround it."
Quinn described the statue: "I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment. But even Kate Moss doesn't live up to the image."
The exhibition, entitled Statuephilia, will also feature 200 plastic skulls by Damien Hirst, and runs from October 4 through January 25, 2009.
