In her most ambitious exhibition to date, globally renowned Australian artist Patricia Piccinini occupies GOMA’s entire ground floor with a retrospective of her most recognisable works from the past 20 years, as well as a suite of immersive multisensory installations — including a large-scale inflatable sculpture — especially conceived for the Gallery’s expansive spaces.

Known for her imaginative, yet strangely familiar, lifelike hybrid creatures, Piccinini invites us to think about our place in a world where advances in biotechnology and digital technologies are challenging the boundaries of humanity.

Patricia Piccinini’s fantastic hybrid beings invite us to find beauty in a world not ruled by notions of perfection. Dive deeper into the artist’s practice via the exhibition playlist on YouTube.
 

‘Curious Affection’ was on display at GOMA from 25 March to 5 August 2018 and featured works on loan as well as works from the QAGOMA Collection. The resource below lists included artworks from the Collection; for a full list of works, see the exhibition catalogue.

Above: The Bond 2016 (Courtesy: The artist) installed with The Field (Planting) 2018 for ‘Curious Affection’, GOMA, March 2018 / © Patricia Piccinini / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA