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Reimagining coexistence: Australian Piccinini exhibits 'Care' at Museum MACAN
Australian multimedia sculptor Patricia Piccini presents a unique series of hybrid creatures in her debut solo exhibition in Indonesia, lending an eerie surrealism and prompting viewers to question their relationship with nature.
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“No Fear of Depths“ (2019) challenges the age-old idea that nature cares and provides for humans. Maybe now it's time to be reciprocal. (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)
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he line between reality and imagination is blurred at Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art in Nusantara (MACAN) in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, where the exhibition halls are populated by chimeras of various forms and sizes.
Crafted by Patricia Piccinini, these fantastical beings that eerily combine the familiar and the surreal provoke both wonder and subtle unease in Care, her debut exhibition in Indonesia, which delves into the themes of biotechnology, kinship, gender roles and the delicate balance of coexistence.
"This, for me, is a dream come true," Piccinini said on May 21, beaming.
"I grew up learning about Indonesian culture in primary school, so to finally come here and interact with the people I once learned about feels like a dream fulfilled," she said.
Piccinini, who is known for her hyperrealistic works, was born in 1965 in Sierra Leone and first studied economics at the Australian National University. She went on to earn a bachelor of fine arts in painting from the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne, in the city where she lives and works.
The Care exhibition showcases around 40 sculptures and three video installations by Piccinini, and was curated by globally recognized curator Tobias Berger from Germany.
