I don't want the ideas to be limited by what I can physically do. The ideas come first.
Patricia PiccininiThe illusion of life is crucial for the work, otherwise the ideas wouldn't be able to jump across, people wouldn't engage with it.
Patricia PiccininiIdeas rather than methods are central to they way I work, although drawing plays a central generative role in everything I do.
Patricia PiccininiSkywhale is ambiguous. I think she is beautiful, but a lot of people think she is grotesque. You are drawn in and repelled at the same time, and it has to have that dynamic. My work has a certain element of abject mutation, uncertainty and darkness. Even she is dark - I mean she has ten breasts.
Patricia Piccinini