Patricia Piccinini

We did have one work where it looked like the fibreglass was discolouring, but it turned out it was reacting to the…

— Patricia Piccinini

In the studio we spend a lot of time working our what materials will work best and also last. We do tests…

— Patricia Piccinini

I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics…

— Patricia Piccinini

The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution.

— Patricia Piccinini

I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of…

— Patricia Piccinini

In one hundred years time people will look back and think 'these people were really worried about the environment, they were looking…

— Patricia Piccinini

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…

— Patricia Piccinini

For me it is a matter of respect for the ideas in the work and the people who look at them. I…

— Patricia Piccinini

A child came up to me and asked 'am I dreaming?' I had a similar experience coming to the Art Gallery of…

— Patricia Piccinini

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

Now that other people have my works, it's really important to me that what they have has longevity.

— Patricia Piccinini

In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic,…

— Patricia Piccinini

I don't connect accessibility with lowest common denominator.

— Patricia Piccinini

How does contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human. What is our relationship with -…

— Patricia Piccinini

I don't want the ideas to be limited by what I can physically do. The ideas come first.

— Patricia Piccinini

Artists make worlds for people to walk through.

— Patricia Piccinini

I use whatever media I think will best express my ideas and therefore I don't have a lot invested in the idea…

— Patricia Piccinini

I tend to work towards specific exhibitions, so there will often be a big push towards the end when we're finishing off…

— Patricia Piccinini

The silicone we use is the hardest, most UV stable we can get, and we have done enormous amounts of testing and…

— Patricia Piccinini

Thinking is a social process. I talk to everyone from children to anthropologists and philosophers. I try my ideas out on people…

— Patricia Piccinini

The illusion of life is crucial for the work, otherwise the ideas wouldn't be able to jump across, people wouldn't engage with…

— Patricia Piccinini

It's interesting to work with what's important today, which is meaningful for our everyday lives.

— Patricia Piccinini

Melbourne is a fantastic place to work, but it's not the centre of the world.

— Patricia Piccinini

I have a database of all my works that I maintain to keep track of works and editions.

— Patricia Piccinini

Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just…

— Patricia Piccinini