Butcher Boys
> Jane Alexander 1985 – 1986 Reinforced plaster, oil paint, bone, horns, wood. 128.5 x 213.5 x 88.5 cm. Collection South African National Gallery. © Jane Alexander, DALRO. Courtesy of the artist and DALRO.Photograph: Svea Josephy. Butcher Boys is a sculpture of three life-size, oil-painted plaster figures with animal horn and bone details, seated on […]
Compostcubator 0.4
> Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr with Devon Ward (The Tissue Culture & Art Project) 2019 Courtesy of the artists. Compostcubator 0.4 uses a compost system as incubator – a compostcubator – to provide the necessary heat to maintain a small flask of disembodied mouse cells. An incubator simulates a body. It acts as a […]
Sapling
> Patricia Piccinini 2020 Silicone, fibreglass, hair, clothing, 201cm H x 94 x 46cm. Courtesy of the artist, Tolarno Galleries and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Sapling is a variation on Patricia Piccinini’s decade-long work with bio-ethics and hybrid, other-than-human forms. It depicts a plant-like creature, with a face made of foliage, sitting atop the shoulders of […]