On Saturday 25 February Australian artist Patricia Piccinini is coming to the Kunsthal. On the occasion of her exhibition Metamorphosis, she gives a masterclass in the Auditorium of the Kunsthal, in which she talks about her practice, working method and passion. Come by and meet the artist!
Piccinini creates futuristic stories in a parallel universe where she explores the possibilities for a future in which humans, nature and technology are able to coexist in harmony. She uses art and science to imagine a shared future. With her hyperrealist sculptures, video works, and installations she raises questions like: What does it mean to be human? Would I be able to take care of a creature that does not look like me? Can we replace animal species that are becoming extinct with cyborgs?
Programme Saturday 25 February
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Doors open |
| 11.00 - 13.00 | Masterclass en Q&A |
| from13.00 | After the master class there will be an opportunity to visit the exhibition 'Metamorphosis' |
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The costs for participating in the masterclass are €16,50. A ticket gives you access to the masterclass and all exhibitions at the Kunsthal. Museumkaart, Rotterdampas and VriendenLoterij VIP card are valid for this event.
Masterclass
In collaboration with the Willem de Kooning Academy, Kunsthal Rotterdam presents a series of masterclasses – exclusively for students and Kunsthal Friends – by exceptional artists. Following inspiring masterclasses by such figures as photographer Peter Lindbergh, photographer and artist Erwin Olaf, architect Rem Koolhaas, fashion artists Viktor&Rolf, trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort and animation artists Job, Joris & Marieke, Australian artist Patricia Piccinini is next in line.
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is the first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands of the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini (1965). In the exhibition, the public will come face to face with hybrid beings that look like a cross between human and animal; hairy, vulnerable creatures locked in an embrace; a vast field where you can roam among thousands of fleshy flowers and mutated men who are incubating eggs. Using materials like silicones, glass fibre, nylon, and human hair, Piccinini creates her almost life-like, alienating sculptures in a hyperrealist way. In this exhibition, Piccinini's surrealist world will astonish people of all ages. It is impossible to remain unaffected by her sculptures.
Patricia Piccinini
Patricia Piccinini was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West-Africa, in 1965. She grew up in Australia, where her family emigrated to in 1972. Today, Piccinini lives and works in Melbourne. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economic History from the Australian National
University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Piccinini’s work has been shown all around the world: from Australia and Japan to France and the United States. In 2003 she represented Australia during the Venice Biennale.