I’ve just discovered the work of sculptor Patricia Picinnini and I’m excited to share it on this blog. She crafts three-dimensional modern fables that are also cautionary tales for an era of genetic tampering. Her Frankenstein creatures are posed in casual and intimate connection with lifelike sculptures of human children. The sculptures evoke opposing feelings of discomfort and sweetness in line with Picinnini’s message — we shouldn’t get too cozy with genetic engineering, but since we already have, we might as well learn to love the results.
I guess it’s double-edged isn’t it? Because one of the things about the work that I’m making, is it’s not so far-fetched. There’s some story happening, I’m not crazy, this is already living in our environment I’m just responding to it. It’s not artwork that wants to horrify the viewer, it’s work that wants to bring the viewer into this world and let them emerge with their own ideas about what we’re doing in our world. It’s work to reflect upon. — Patricia Picinnini
If you want to know more, please take a look at Donna Haraway’s essay about Picinnini’s work: “Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture’s Generations.”
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