I finished VCA at the height of the last big recession in the early 90s, and seeing that I was not going to be able to join one of the dwindling number of commercial galleries, I started an ARI called… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want people to feel a kind of empathy with them. When you think about it, all… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
We did have one work where it looked like the fibreglass was discolouring, but it turned out it was reacting to the foam it… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
In the studio we spend a lot of time working our what materials will work best and also last. We do tests and come… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics degree I… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
In one hundred years time people will look back and think 'these people were really worried about the environment, they were looking at things… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
For me it is a matter of respect for the ideas in the work and the people who look at them. I absolutely hate… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
A child came up to me and asked 'am I dreaming?' I had a similar experience coming to the Art Gallery of South Australia… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I don't think 'Dark Heart' has to be malevolent. It conveys a sense of depth. There is a sense of questioning turmoil. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
Now that other people have my works, it's really important to me that what they have has longevity. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic,… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
