Patricia Piccinini
Subtitle: curious affection
Publisher: Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Brisbane
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781921503894; 9781921503931
Subjects: Exhibitions; The Arts
Description: Patricia Piccinini has represented Australia at the highest international level, and in 2016 was named the world?s most popular artist. "Her imaginative and startlingly life-like sculptures, installations, photographs, videos and drawings surprise and enchant audiences with their fantastic rendering of the near future. a world in which DNA editing is commonplace, machinery is sentient, and life both old and new is flourishing. "Spanning GOMA's entire ground floor with retrospective works and substantial new commissions, 'Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection' is the artist's largest and most ambitious exhibition project to date. This publication will provide readers with an opportunity to view the extraordinarily creative output of one of Australia's most successful contemporary artists in an informative and thought-provoking volume.  Exhibition: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (24.03.-05.08.2018).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, March 24 - August 5, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Arts Minister's message / Leeanne Enoch; title: Foreward / Chris Saines; title: Patricia Piccinini : curious affection / Peter McKay; title: Affirmation and a passion for difference : looking at Piccinini looking at us / Rosi Braidotti; title: Lines in the sand : a science writer comes to terms with Patricia Piccinini / Elizabeth Finkel; title: Familiar / China Miéville.