A Miracle Constantly Repeated: Patricia Piccinini
Update (November 8): This event has been edited to reflect new dates.
One of the busiest buildings in Melbourne is also one of the most neglected. The ballroom and the adjacent upstairs spaces of Flinders Street Station have near-mythical status – once the home of dances, libraries, night classes, a nursery and even billiards rooms. It’s the perfect environment for the uncanny, uncomfortable, but very human work of artist Patricia Piccinini. Her solo show, A Miracle Constantly Repeated, layers new work on old, reimagining the space within the parameters of Piccinini’s world.
The Australian artist – best known for her hyperrealistic human-animal sculptures – has taken over the mysterious, abandoned space (and 15 attached rooms). It opened as part of Rising Festival, which was cancelled during Melbourne’s fourth lockdown, but the show’s season has been extended until January 2022, giving more audiences the chance to take in its intimate and grotesque subjects in an immersive installation.
A Miracle Constantly Repeated combines sculpture, video, light and sound, bringing the French Renaissance-style ballroom (which has been hidden for decades) to life like never before. It’s not always pretty, but it is always beautiful.
The exhibition reopens on November 8, with tickets available now.
Additional reporting by Nick Connellan and Will Cox
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