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Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site
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landscapes of Australia’s North-West are sources of inspiration
for the Australian ceramic artist Pippin Drysdale. The interplay
of colours and patterns in the changing light of day is the theme
of her Tanami Series of 2001 whose vessels reflect impressions of
her sojourns in the Tanami desert. From subtle pastel coulours to
primary reds, blues, greens and yellows the artist recreates the
whole scale of nature’s prismatic hues.
The new Kimberley Series is expressive of Drysdale’s experience
of the Kimberley mountains. The groups of objects which she arranges
represent the topography of the Kimberleys, their domed forms, their
layers of rocks, their colours, textures and lines of site. By upending
her vessels she creates objects whose interiors are no longer accessible
or useful: it is these objects’ new purpose to guide the viewer’s
eyes along the lines incised into their surfaces and visually connect
the groups with each other thus to experience the layering of space,
place and light of the Kimberleys which once impressed Drysdale
so deeply.
Examples:
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November 25, 2007- January 13, 2008:
Tue
- Fri 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 2 - 6 p.m.