I usually hate modern art. Seriously. I mean, I HATE IT. Really, really hate it. And thanks to a year in art school, I'm pretty much an expert at articulating exactly why.
But I don't hate Patricia.
And now, I'll bet you don't, either.
Patricia Piccinini's latest show, "We Are Family," is seriously something to see. Anyone familiar with Charlie White's work might get an Understanding Joshua vibe from it, but unlike White, Piccinini actually does all the creature design herself.
She's recently made the jump from CG to sculpture, which is fine with me, since it's a much more impressive a feat than her previous, computer-rendered stuff. You can compare and contrast on her site, and there are clearer, more detailed photos of my two favorites, "Leather Landscape" and "The Young Family," here.
The installation's supposedly a comment on biotechnology and the future of genetic engineering. Unlike most modern art manifestos, I actually buy that one... Probably because it sounds more like she's explaining a long-held fascination than trying to justify three lines of paint on raw canvas by chucking in the word "decontextualize" every second paragraph.
Anyway, check her out. Be rocked.
