The Long Awaited, by Patricia Piccinini, is a sculpture which is made from silicon, fiberglass, human hair, plywood, leather and clothing to form a hybrid, part human (old man) and part seal. This creates an unusual species which can be confronting to some. Her work shows the creature lying on a table, leaning on a young boys lap. Piccinini has used the boys innocence to evoke emotion. It is human nature for us to be frightened or cautious when we don't understand something and what Piccinini wants is for us to move beyond that. The child is symbolic because it use to represent all of us when we were young. Piccinini's message is to tell us that we are/have lost our curiosity, our individuality, our will to explore and dream. She wants to take us back to our childhoods. To a child, this hybrid/creature would be something harmless, something approachable, something in which they could play and interact with. However as adults, our views are exactly the opposite. This strong and unusual bond between the two also reminded me of the Beauty and the Beast, where two extreme opposites (child = beauty and hybrid = beast) met and fell in love despite their differences.
image from: http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/31/Patricia_Piccinini/1124/41436/
J’adore le travail de cet artiste !!
ReplyDeletePour voir d’autres artistes qui ont choqué les bonnes moeurs:
https://blog.singulart.com/fr/2017/06/19/les-artistes-contemporains-les-plus-decales/