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The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

What is the first thing you felt when you saw the image that heads this article? Tenderness? Repulsion? Strangeness? The works of this Australian artist extol a conglomerate of emotions and sensations that are very difficult to define.Not everyone likes them.There are those who feel restlessness and avoid looking at them, shun them as if they felt hurt.Offended.

Patricia Piccinini is an artisan of hyperrealism, where to model strange creatures halfway between fragility and the unnatural, between the artificial and the human.

We are sure you would love to know more about these peculiar beings...

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

Art, medicine and biotechnology

Patricia Piccinini poses a challenge to us.What if there was a day when it was licit genetic manipulation ? What if we could create new creatures halfway between the human and the animal? These hybrids that she herself brings us in such a magnificent way, are a metaphor for this idea.An invitation to reflection.

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

We just have to think about a very obvious thing in our society.People get carried away by some canons of beauty in which, we all end up almost similar: same physical measures, same bodies, same symmetries. We seek perfection .At the same time, technology is humanizing at unstoppable speeds.our homes will have those androids also with perfect faces ready to fulfill endless domestic tasks.

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

Patricia Piccini brings us the genetic chaos , there where the human is mixed with the animal.There where tenderness sometimes appears as something threatening.And no, it does not leave anyone indifferent.Somehow, this unique artist manages to combine her admiration for medicine with biotechnology, bringing small challenges to our mind, even our values.Because, what do you feel when you look at these beings?

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

We see deformed creatures, beings halfway between sweetness and malformation .A world of science fiction that could become possible If one day, total freedom was given to genetic manipulation and experimentation, if this happened, how would we feel? Would we let these creatures be part of our daily lives? What will they play with our children?

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

Dilemmas aside, Piccini's works are really amazing.Their realism is spectacular and almost makes us want to reach out to caress these exceptional beings.They are made of silicone, glass, plastic and human hair .The looks seem to have life.They seem to be endowed with a unique sensibility that invites us to think, to feel.To get excited and scare on some occasions.

The curious mutants of Patricia Piccinini

Patricia Piccini usually exhibits her works in numerous galleries throughout the world.Segun explains in her interviews, she likes to see people discuss "their creatures." She is very aware that there are people who leave the gallery a few minutes after entering instantly disgusted.Unable to assume all those forms, all those malformations and unnatural beings.Others, on the other hand, attend to them with tenderness and initiate interesting conversations about the concept of the human being and its relationship with other species.Their works are, then, a clear invitation to reflection and debate .

What is your opinion? Before you give us your comment, we invite you to watch the following video to learn more about his work.

If you liked this article you know also the life of John Merric, the elephant man.

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