Featured in the latest edition of Look Magazine from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, JANET LAURENCE reflects on the artworks that have inspired, influenced, and stayed with her -pieces that have shaped her deep and poetic connection with the natural world.
Known for her immersive installations that blend science, memory, natural history and alchemy, Laurence’s practice brings nature’s fragility into focus. From mosses to minerals, seeds to stones, her work reveals what often goes unseen - urging us to rethink our relationship with the environment and to reimagine a more sustainable future.
In works such as The memory of nature (2010), part of the AGNSW’s collection, she constructs modern-day wunderkammers - cabinets of curiosity - where remnants of nature are preserved, mourned and celebrated. Her practice, like her studio, is filled with organic forms and quiet wonder: transparent boxes, books, and natural artefacts finding new connections through proximity and process.
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