Gaitáns first solo exhibition with the gallery: Scenes of Mild Peril. The exhibition features a selection of exquisite color photographs of women by the DC-based, Australian-born artist. Here Piccinini asks: Who will we become as technology refashions the relationship between people and the natural world? Other works in the exhibition elaborate on what kinds of emotional connections could emerge between us and the strange but vulnerable life forms our science may yet create.Ĭonner/*gogo art projects presents Victoria F.
The exhibition title comes from its signature piece, The Welcome Guest (2011), Piccininis most recent creation, which recalls Goethes statement, ∛eauty is everywhere a welcome guest. The artist explains that this work reflects on the beauty and strangeness of nature. In this compelling sculptural grouping, a fleshy mutant creature embraces a cute little girl as a graceful peacocks look on from atop their perches.
Using natural and artificial media to create realistic and grotesque forms, the world renowned Australian artist visualizes humanitys challenges in navigating between nature and biotechnology. WASHINGTON, DC.- Conner Contemporary Art presents Patricia Piccinins first solo exhibition in Washington, DC: The Welcome Guest. The selection of works ranges in date from 1997 to the present, including video and small- to large-scale sculptures (made of silicone, fiberglass, human and animal hair, taxidermied peacocks, polyester, nylon, wool, plastic and bronze).
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