Patricia Piccinini, Australia, born 1965, Big mother, 2005, Melbourne, silicone, fibreglass, leather, human hair, 175.0 cm (height); Gift of S. Angelakis, John Ayers, Candy Bennett, Cherise Conrick, James Darling AM and Lesley Forwood, Rick Frolich, Frances Gerard, Patricia Grattan French, Stephanie Grose, Gryphon Partners Advisory, Janet Hayes, Klein Family Foundation, Edwina Lehmann, Ian Little, David And Pam McKee, Dr Peter McEvoy, Hugo and Brooke Michell, Jane Michell, Paul Taliangis, Michael and Tracey Whiting and anonymous donors through the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors 2010, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Patricia Piccinini.
Patricia Piccinini: Once upon a time...
Patricia Piccinini: Once upon a time… is an exhibition that transports you to a land not so far far away. Drawn primarily from private collections, and including a new work seen for the first time, the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a group of cautionary tales that span the artist’s fifteen-year oeuvre to date. Through the realism of photography, moving image, sculpture, drawing and installation, Piccinini transports you to strange locations that are eerily familiar. Confronted by her seemingly grotesque hybrid beings and anthropomorphic machines, she challenges you to find beauty in a world that can never be perfect.
