Doubting Thomas 2008
Born in Sierra Leone, but having lived most of her life in Melbourne, artist Patricia Piccinini is holding her largest solo exhibition in Brisbane's QAGOMA. No stranger to successful showings; she represented Australia at the 2003 Venice Biennale and drew 1.4 million viewers to a Brazilian exhibition.
Piccinini draws on the natural world, science, medicine and technology for her transgenic, hyper-realistic creations. Her Brisbane collection, entitled 'Curious Affection' focuses on family, motherhood and nurturing. Her subjects evoke a broad range of reactions and emotions - sometimes shocking and confronting , but just as often endearing.
In ‘Doubting Thomas’ (2008), a skeptical child with pale and luminous skin is about to put his hand inside the mouth of a genetically modified mole like creature that has reared its hairy snout to reveal a luscious, fluid-filled mouth replete with suckers and teeth.
Both figures are constructed from silicon, fibreglass, human hair and clothing.
Doubting Thomas 2008
Born in Sierra Leone, but having lived most of her life in Melbourne, artist Patricia Piccinini is holding her largest solo exhibition in Brisbane's QAGOMA. No stranger to successful showings; she represented Australia at the 2003 Venice Biennale and drew 1.4 million viewers to a Brazilian exhibition.
Piccinini draws on the natural world, science, medicine and technology for her transgenic, hyper-realistic creations. Her Brisbane collection, entitled 'Curious Affection' focuses on family, motherhood and nurturing. Her subjects evoke a broad range of reactions and emotions - sometimes shocking and confronting , but just as often endearing.
In ‘Doubting Thomas’ (2008), a skeptical child with pale and luminous skin is about to put his hand inside the mouth of a genetically modified mole like creature that has reared its hairy snout to reveal a luscious, fluid-filled mouth replete with suckers and teeth.
Both figures are constructed from silicon, fibreglass, human hair and clothing.