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Kings Canyon

Installation
2009 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Australian artist Pippin Drysdale is known for her finely crafted porcelain vessels and forms, these typically of simple and refined shape and with great subtlety in their surface patterning. Since 2001 her work has focussed on the vivid dessert landscapes of Australia, exploring its associated colours, landforms and feeling of space. This has been addressed by Drysdale through a number of distinct series of pieces with common decoration, from which are composed specific installations that echo the landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

  • Form
  • Form
  • Form
  • Form
  • Form
  • Vessel
  • Form
  • Form
  • Form
  • Vessel
Titles
  • Kings Canyon (assigned by artist)
  • Tanami Mapping I (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with coloured glazes, incised and inlaid
Brief description
Installation of porcelain forms and vessels 'Kings Canyon', made by Pippin Drysdale, Australia, 2009
Physical description
Installation composed of ten porcelain closed forms or vessels, in red or yellow, with incised and inlaid linear decoration. The grouping of the pieces, which reflects the Australian landscape, has been determined by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Highest form height: 40.9cm
  • Overall width: 94cm
  • Overall depth: 52cm
Credit line
Given by Pippin Drysdale and Joanna Bird
Object history
The installation was re-composed by the artist in 2011 using closed forms and vessels from an earlier, more extensive, 'Kings Canyon' group. The pieces that make up the installation come primarily come from Drysdale's 'Tanami Mapping I' series.
Association
Summary
Australian artist Pippin Drysdale is known for her finely crafted porcelain vessels and forms, these typically of simple and refined shape and with great subtlety in their surface patterning. Since 2001 her work has focussed on the vivid dessert landscapes of Australia, exploring its associated colours, landforms and feeling of space. This has been addressed by Drysdale through a number of distinct series of pieces with common decoration, from which are composed specific installations that echo the landscape.
Bibliographic reference
Ted Snell. Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site. Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2007.
Collection
Accession number
C.107:1 to 10-2011

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2012
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