Patricia Piccinini talks about care and control in her new balloon Skywhalepapa
‘It is more than the objects – it is a culture,’ said Patricia Piccinini, of her Skywhale family, and their capacity to capture a collective contemporary narrative of family and care – and dealing with a lack of control.
Like all good things, we have had to wait for Skywhalepapa – the companion to Patricia Piccinini’s much-loved Skywhale – which was due to launch last March.
The new monumental sculptural hot-air balloon will take its maiden flight over Canberra this weekend (7 February), with further flights scheduled for March and April, before commencing a national tour.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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