Phillip Piperides, Reflections (maquette), 2023. Bronze 43 x 11 x 13cm. Courtesy: the artist and Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast.

Brisbane-based artist Phillip Piperides’ new body of sculptural works is imbued with his abiding interest in Greek mythology and philosophical musings. A career spanning four decades has fostered ruminations upon the passage of time and how to render such into tangible presence.

Enormous skill is required in the lengthy and painstaking processes involved in bringing mute, raw materials into a life-suffused, physical reality. One of the pleasures in viewing a Piperides’ bronze sculpture arises from our understanding that a soft malleable material has been transposed into a solid and enduring personification of a transitory mood. There is a sense of complete quietude to the self-sufficient repose of each figure. Beyond the anatomical perfection and modulated play of light, the works engage us at a deeply contemplative level.

Opening Event: Saturday 3 June, 4 – 6pm.

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