Pippin Drysdale, Breakaway Series II – Firewood Banksia Collection I, 2023. Porcelain incised with coloured glazes, tallest 34cm height. Courtesy: the artist and Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.

Sabbia Gallery presents the solo exhibition Spirit of Place from one of Australia’s foremost and most iconic contemporary ceramic artists, Pippin Drysdale.

Following Drysdale’s sell-out show at Sabbia in 2020 this exhibition brings a new body of inspiring and beautiful artworks to an Australian and international audience, each object demonstrating her deepening connection to place.

Place, for Drysdale, represents far more than geographic coordinates on a map. She is concerned with the totality of place: the geology, topography, climatic conditions, vegetation and the inhabitants, those who call this place home.

Spirit of Place is a new body of work by this illustrious artist that considers all these elements and presents a new chapter in the Breakaway series, rooted not only in the remote Kimberley but also in coastal regions, from the Ningaloo Reef in the North West to the Fitzgerald National Park on the southern edge of Western Australia.

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