Lot 63

Each in very good condition. Well framed, with light surface scratches mostly to the corners of the frames. Overall framed size, each, 93 x 93cm.


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Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

The scientific name for the Siren Mole (SO2) is Exallocephala Parthenopa. Excellocephala means 'extremely strange head', a reference to the animal's almost impossibly long and heavy, shovel-like snout. Parthenopa refers to the mythical tale of Parthenope, a siren found cast up drowned on the shores of Naples.
The Siren Mole (SO2) is an animal designed for genetic engineering. The work deals directly with the implications of contemporary genetic technologies, but does so in a complex and ambiguous way. Because the creature is an animal, rather than a human being, it allows audiences to address genetic issues without the heightened emotions that the idea of human cloning and manipulation evokes. (Excerpt from Artist Statement)

Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.