JANET LAURENCE

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JANET LAURENCE is one of the earliest and most significant ecological artists in Australia. With one of the most verdant careers in the nation’s art history, chlorophyll flows through the veins of Laurence’s work. Spanning photography, sculpture, video, and installation, she makes art that is alive to the vulnerability of nature. Addressing each of us as members of the human species, Laurence’s message carries urgency that few can resist, coupled with the exquisite beauty of her creations.

JANET LAURENCE
The blue of time, from the Glacial Glasshouse series
2023
Duraclear on shinkalite acrylic, oil pigment
100 x 223 x 10 cm

JANET LAURENCE
Ice Remembers ash, from the Glacial Glasshouse series
2023
Duraclear on shinkalite acrylic, oil pigment, blackwood
100 x 223 x 10 cm

Requiem, 2020, Know My Name installation view, National Gallery of Australia, 2020.

Requiem [detail], 2020, Know My Name installation view, National Gallery of Australia, 2020.

Sacred Green, from the series Chlorophyll Collapse, 2018, Diabond mirror, dye sublimation archival print onto Chromaluxe aluminium and C type silver halide print on clear polyester and oil glaze on acrylic, 100 x 370 x 7 cm

Forest (Theatre of Trees), 2018–19, installation view, Janet Laurence: After Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019.

Deep Breathing-Resuscitation for the Reef, 2015-16, Janet Laurence: After Nature installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2019.

Matter of the Masters, 2017, installation view Art, Gallery of New South Wales, 2017.

In memory of nature, 2012, acrylic, scientific glass, dried plants, seeds, sulphur, salt, amethyst, taxidermied owls, shellac, tulle, wood, burnt bones, hand-blown glass, oil paint, mirrors, 180 x 160 x 350cm. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Heart Shock, 2008, Lemon-scented Eucalypt, silicon tubing, glass vials, pigmented fluids, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Handle with Care, Art Gallery of South Australia,700 x 500 cm

Moving Plants, 2017, acrylic, scientific glass, plastic tubes, 3d prints, duraclear, dried plants, seeds, tulle, wood, mirrors

Moving Plants [detail], 2017, acrylic, scientific glass, plastic tubes, 3d prints, duraclear, dried plants, seeds, tulle, wood, mirrors

Australian War Memorial, London, Hyde Park Corner, 2003. Engraved granit, bronze