Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhale family of hot-air balloons is about to launch during the National Gallery of Australia exhibition Know My Name.
Patricia Piccinini captured international attention when she exhibited another family, her Young Family which caused a sensation at the Venice Biennale.
Her entire body of work before Skywhale is presented in the only book available on her practice. Patricia Piccinini: Nearly Beloved provides an insightful and engaging journey through her major art series. Patricia Piccinini: Nearly Beloved and Know My Name books are available right here in our Arts Bookshop.
Eight years after Skywhale first took flight, it is joined by Skywhalepapa – mesmerising in its gentle weirdness writes Karen Middleton in The Saturday Paper.
Photo credit and further reading: MARTIN OLLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, The Saturday Paper
