with the late 60s and commended Piccinini for putting her own spin on it. Green reasoned that by creating an intriguing narrative Piccinini was able to make hyperrealism appealing to the general audience. Post-humanism Patricia Piccinini's works have been closely associated with and interpreted as post-human due to their subjects. The depiction of vulnerability through themes of mutation, reproduction, motherhood, and childhood explores the economy of death. Her work affirms that posthuman ideology and femininity is liberation from modern practices such as genetic engineering and animal farms. For example, Piccinini engaged in the theme of surrogate motherhood, and inter-species relationships to convey environmental turmoil. The surrogacy invokes concerns in regards to scientific exploitation, and rejects the idea of a normative human species. See also Frankenstein argument Ron Mueck (similar artist) Transhumanism Australian art References Further reading Gether, Christian (ed.) ... et al. A world of love: Patricia Piccinini. ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, 2019. Content – Foreword / Christian Gether. Embrace the Unknown: Patricia Piccinini and the Aesthetics of Care / Dea Antonsen. Your Place Is My Place / Rosi Braidotti in conversation with Patricia Piccinini. CRISPR and Emergent Forms of Life / Eben Kirksey. Mcdonald, Helen. Patricia Piccinini: nearly beloved. Piper Press, 2012. Queensland Art Gallery. Patricia Piccinini: curious affection. 2019. Content – Arts Minister's message / Leeanne Enoch. Foreword / Chris Saines. Patricia Piccinini : curious affection / Peter McKay. Affirmation and a passion for difference : looking at Piccinini looking at us / Rosi Braidotti. Lines in the sand : a science writer comes to terms with Patricia Piccinini / Elizabeth Finkel. Familiar / China Miéville. Mondloch, Kate. A capsule aesthetic: feminist materialisms in new media art. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. External links Mondloch, Kate. A capsule aesthetic: feminist materialisms in new media art. Minnesota, 2018. Green, Charles. "Patricia Piccinini: Tolarno Galleries." Artforum International, vol. 55, no. 9, May 2017, p. 356. Feature profile of Patricia Piccinini in Sculpture magazine 21st-century Australian sculptors 1965 births Living people People from Freetown Sierra Leonean artists Victorian College of the Arts alumni Australian contemporary artists Australian people of Italian descent Hyperrealist artists University of Melbourne women 20th-century Australian sculptors 20th-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian women artists Artists from the Australian Capital Territory People educated at Narrabundah College