HOPE—Patricia Piccinini

Overview

Artist: Patricia Piccinini

Curators: Tobias Berger

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Featuring sculptural, photographic and filmic works by the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, the immersive exhibition HOPE taps into our hopes and fears about the impact of science on humanity. Her hyperrealistic and surreal works, often rooted in art historical forms, explore various “unexpected consequences”, whether negative or positive. HOPE raises important questions about the nature of history, progress, and technology, and ponders our collective ability to create warm and caring relationships and to live lovingly with each other.

HOPE—Patricia Piccinini exhibition

HOPE—Patricia Piccinini Guided Tour

VR 360° virtual gallery

Ticketing

Tickets to the exhibition are available on Klook.

Online: $60 (Adult) / $50 (Concession)

On-Site: $70 (Adult) / $60 (Concession)

Concession ticket for full-time students, people with disabilities and senior citizens aged 60 or above*

Limited tickets available at the JC Contemporary reception. Free entry for visitors under 5 years old.

Primary and secondary schools as well as NGOs may apply for free group entry. If interested, please register here.

Education and public programmes

Join our learning and experience programmes, designed for visitors of different backgrounds and needs. We hope to explore possibilities in the dialogue between art and visitors.

Patricia Piccinini’s Choice

27.06, 28.07, 16.08.2023

7:30pm

Patricia Piccinini After Hours

24.06, 08.07, 29.07.2023 (Sat)

3:00pm – 4:30pm

Guided Tour: Who’s Next?

03.06 – 03.09.2023 (Sat and Sun)

Cantonese or Putonghua: 2:00pm

English: 4:00pm

Family Day at Tai Kwun Contemporary

05 – 08.2023 (Sat / Sun)

HOPE—Patricia Piccinini: Teacher's Morning & Teacher’s Workshop

03.06.2023 (Sat)

10:30am – 12:30pm

1:30pm – 4:30pm

Tai Kwun Conversations: HOPE—A Dialogue between Patricia Piccinini and Tobias Berger

26.05.2023 (Fri)

7:30pm – 9:00pm

Workshop: Making of Hope—Patricia Piccinini

24.05.2023 (Wed)

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Artist Bio

Patricia Piccinini

Informed by surrealism and mythology, the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini is best known for her hyperrealistic sculptures. Her works however include other mediums such as photography, videography, and installation. Piccinini’s works reflect on the increasingly nebulous boundaries between the artificial and the natural as it appears in contemporary culture; her works in turn transform our understanding of set relationships with the surrounding world, exploring the future of humanity and other creatures coexisting in the same space.

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Piccinini now lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Melbourne Art Foundation in 2014, and a Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts (Honora Causa) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2016.

Piccinini’s works have been shown at numerous international biennales and have been featured in many exhibitions in art institutions around the world. In 2003 her exhibition We Are Family represented Australia at the 50th Venice Biennale.