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EMMA SORRENTINO

My artwork explored how genetic modification is beginning to mimic the process of evolution and changes to nature. This quasi-scientific scene set in the mid nineteenth century creates a historical juxtaposition by including illustrations of hypothetical, modified animals of the twenty-first century drawn on aged papers. This contrast emphasises the rapid advancements of science and suggests we may have gone too far with animal mutation. I drew inspiration from scientific illustrations by John Gould and the hybrid creations of Patricia Piccinni and Claude Jones. 
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'GENETIC ADDIFICATION' 2009, ink, watercolour paint, rag paper, found objects
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        • SABINE L'EVEILLE
      • 2017 >
        • JULIA SHEEDY
        • LANA ERNESTE
      • 2015 >
        • ISABELLE MONARCA
      • 2014 >
        • NATALIE DE BLASIS
      • 2013 >
        • VALONA FLAMURI
        • BRIGETTE PUSELLO
        • ANGELA TSONIDIS
      • 2010 >
        • ALYSSA GIAVARA
        • EDWINA MARAMA
        • EMMA SORRENTINO
  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
    • KATHY HOLOWKO
    • WILMA TABACCO
    • PEADER THOMAS
    • LORRAINE CONNELLY-NORTHEY
    • KEIRA HUDSON
    • MICHAEL ASHBY
    • CHLOE PISANI
    • SERENA GEDDES