“The Bridge” by Patricia Piccinini, Sint Janshospitaal Brugge
The hyperrealistic sculptures by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini confront the viewer with prejudice and bias. In the new exhibition of the Saint John’s Hospital Museum the contemporary work ‘The Bridge’ talks to us about unconditional love and care for the ‘other’, for those who are different. We see a woman lovingly embracing a chimaera, half human, half pig. The chimaera looks old and tired, but consoled in the arms of the woman. Patricia Piccinini was inspired by several works in the museum, among other ‘The Good Samaritan’ and ‘Madonna and child’. The Good Samaritan tells a story that took place in the land of Israel and Palestine … and teaches us that we should love the other regardless of their race, religion or belief… A message that should resonate very strongly in the world of today…. We should look at the other with our heart not our mind, and that is exactly what Piccinini’s works do, they go straight to your heart!
“The Bridge” by Patricia Piccinini, Sint Janshospitaal Brugge
The hyperrealistic sculptures by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini confront the viewer with prejudice and bias. In the new exhibition of the Saint John’s Hospital Museum the contemporary work ‘The Bridge’ talks to us about unconditional love and care for the ‘other’, for those who are different. We see a woman lovingly embracing a chimaera, half human, half pig. The chimaera looks old and tired, but consoled in the arms of the woman. Patricia Piccinini was inspired by several works in the museum, among other ‘The Good Samaritan’ and ‘Madonna and child’. The Good Samaritan tells a story that took place in the land of Israel and Palestine … and teaches us that we should love the other regardless of their race, religion or belief… A message that should resonate very strongly in the world of today…. We should look at the other with our heart not our mind, and that is exactly what Piccinini’s works do, they go straight to your heart!