The idea that we can have a new life form, what does it say about the zoo's main purpose, which is to preserve life? What does it say when the artificial and real animal can have the same attraction to… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me. — 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
