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Of course, all my work is photographed and I also take quite a lot of photographs of work in production.
Patricia Piccinini
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Patricia Piccinini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
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Ideas rather than methods are central to they way I work, although drawing plays a central generative role in everything I do.
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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 people?
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It's much easier to do something that's seen as being serious because people accept it right away, they don't question what you do, they just accept, because they think you must be right.
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I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and advertising. My practice is conceptual.
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I tend to work towards specific exhibitions, so there will often be a big push towards the end when we're finishing off a bunch of stuff.
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I usually have several things on the go. Whether it is my own drawings for the next work that I am working on while a sculpture is being fabricated or several works at different points in production.
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As we get older, our world gets smaller and we start to doubt and question. We are really suspicious of difference.
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I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palatable.
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