Although the title of Marc Quinn's current exhibition, 'Allanah, Buck, Catman, Chelsea, Michael, Pamela and Thomas' may be forgettable, the work it contains most certainly isn't.

ABCCMPT (for short), is on show at the White Cube (the Hoxton Square one) until 26th June 2010 and it is one not to be missed.

Prior to this latest instalment, Marc Quinn was perhaps best known for his memorable take on the self portrait, conveniently called 'Self'. Suspended in a glass cabinet, Quinn presented a three-dimensional cast of his own head in his own blood which he then froze.

Chelsea Charms by Marc Quinn at the White Cube

This piece was a hugely original take on a traditional subject and ticked all the boxes. It was dramatic and contentious - its very aesthetics made you stop in your tracks as it served as not only shocking but really rather clever.

ABCCMPT considers the theme of identity but now the focus has shifted from Quinn to the international obsession of celebrity and mutilation. In fact so many personalities on show are both celebrity and bare the very noticeable results of self-mutilation that it makes you wonder that perhaps this very sculpting of the body is our real obsession.

His collection of sculptures is a modern day Freak Show. The public come to stare intensely at these weird and wonderful statues that, cast in bronze, marble and silver, are treated to VIP status. Yet rather than simply envy or refute these individuals, there is a dualism that is both uncomfortable and comforting. Towards those depicted we feel a mixture of emotions. There exists a humanitarian quality of fragility and, not to put too fine a point on it, total and utter bewilderment.

Many of the statues are life-size creating a sense that they are just other people in the room. But whilst the scale in some ways creates empathy, their mutilated bodies create a barrier. A representation of Michael Jackson (he was booked to model for Quinn before he died) is replicated at two corners of the room (one black, one white) meanwhile Chelsea Charms (you can claim ignorance..) presents an almost mystical icon of fertility. It is beauty in a sense, a very different, twisted beauty but perhaps that's the way things are heading now.

What Quinn achieves so successfully here is to readdress this concept of the 18th century Freak Show for a 2010 audience with a tenderness and accessibility that are rarely seen together. The figures are treated with such respect to their physical and mental make-up that you come away feeling quite glad that you decided against that boob job or that you're not a pregnant bloke who used to be a woman but that you can kind of understand why they did.

ABCCMPT is a freebie so no excuses - get down there quick!