ADELAIDE.- With a value of more than $200,000, Big Mother is the most significant addition to the Gallery’s contemporary Australian art collection in recent times. The purchase was funded entirely with donations from the Gallery’s Contemporary Collectors group of benefactors. Big Mother is a staggering work measuring 1.75m high, made from silicone, fibreglass, leather and human hair. It is the work of leading and sometimes controversial contemporary Melbournebased artist, Patricia Piccinini. It was inspired by the story of a baboon whose baby died while she was still nursing, and who abducted a human child as a substitute. Unveiling the sculpture at a ceremony this morning, Minister Hill said, “Big Mother will add a new dimension to South Australia’s collection, which is already one of the greatest and most important in the