Anatomy Lessons — by Michele Beevors

Featuring meticulously-sculpted, life-sized skeletons, Anatomy Lessons - by Michele Beevors, is breathtaking and ethereal; making the visitor question their place in this web of the living and the dead.​ Each creature, once alive, becomes a work of art; painstakingly measured, drawn and sculpted from steel, wire, and foam, and knitted over, in a fine-art softening of the subject beneath. From the towering giraffe stretching 4.4 metres in height, head raised to the ceiling, to the army of 50 delicately rendered frogs, it is astounding. Seventeen years in the making, the creation of the pieces have been a long and exacting process: from measuring bones in museum basement collections, to sculpting and articulating skeletons, to the slow, meditative act of knitting. A silent, soft protest at the violence we are inflicting on the planet. ​The exhibition received critical success in its New Zealand showing. Enthralling in scale and stories, Anatomy Lessons stunned and delighted audiences, and is now available for touring exhibition bookings throughout Australia.