The Young Family Patricia Piccinini

The Young Family Patricia Piccinini. PATRICIA PICCININI Artists CONNERSMITH. The Young Family is a work of meticulously layered and painted silicon and human hair that is painstakingly applied by hand, depicting a transgenic (containing genes from another organism) mother and her little ones: a little bit pig, a little bit human. A short video where Patricia Piccinini discusses her 2003 work, The Young Family.

Patricia Piccinini's sculpture, "The Young Family", of a mother creature with her babies was displayed in 2002 It contains information about and images of her sculptures, photographs, videos, drawings and other artworks

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Piccinini's love for her work is palpable, even evidenced in the tender title of each piece "I take it for granted that technology will continue to advance" said Patricia Piccinini in her description of "The Young Family" In 2018, some 15 years after she created the artwork, Piccinini's 'young family' has even greater resonance

PATRICIA PICCININI. From National Museum of Women in the Arts, Patricia Piccinini, The Young Family (2002), Silicone, fiberglass, leather, human hair, and plywood, 33 1/2 × 59… Title: The Young Family Creator: Patricia Piccinini Creator Lifespan: 1965 Creator Gender: Female Creator Birth Place: Freetown, Sierra Leone Date: 2002-2003 Training: Bachelor of Arts (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Victoria, Australia, 1991; Bachelor of Arts (Economic History), Australian National University, Canberra,1988 Physical Dimensions: w65 x h36 x d50 in National Museum.

Patricia Piccinini Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia. "I take it for granted that technology will continue to advance" said Patricia Piccinini in her description of "The Young Family" Ultimately, Piccinini challenged the ethics of biotechnology by reconnecting us to society's love of the maternal figure and utilized the cuteness to accentuate how our love for technology was rooted in social lives