Josephine's show of her ceramics work opened on Friday at The Showcase Gallery of Central TAFE Perth, corner of Aberdeen and Beaufort Streets, Northbridge was WONDERFUL. People were mesmerised with what she has done with fine, white, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain, some having trouble restraining from stroking the works to get a sense of their smooth coolness. Many surfaces are embellished, pierced and carved repeatedly resulting in a richly intricate, ornate surface which hint of the immense complexity of the structure and nature of antibodies. Her website is http://josephinepittman.com
What DOES an antibody look like? Who is to say? They share similarities but, going by Josephine's work, are diverse and exciting. This is what she has to say about the subject that constantly inspires her work ....
'In the twenty-first century, the internal battleground provides the scene for a constant struggle against a bombardment of external invaders. The military body is augmented by new weapons of biological defense, but with scientific advancement comes a fine balance between internal peace and the total chaos of rampant mutating cells'.
