Graham, who is made out of fibreglass, silicone and human hair, was the brainchild of artist Patricia Piccinini and Melbourne Hospital trauma surgeon, Christian Kenfield.
Dr Kenfield said; ‘The head has a much bigger skull so it acts like a bicycle helmet. Graham actually has no neck, he has no cervical spine that can be fractured in a whiplash injury. These ribs are super ribs absorbing much more of the force.
‘The most significant part of body for injury is the head. So as the head stops the brain actually keeps moving forward, smashing against the front part of the skull and then bouncing backwards and getting an injury on the back of the head as well.’
Piccinini called her masterpiece ‘very Australian’.
‘He’s not patronising, he’s not imposing, he’s open to us and the eyes are where the work is. It’s where you can really connect with him and empathize. If he was aggressive or belligerent or sort of patronising we wouldn’t be able to do that.
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