Janet Laurence
| Janet Laurence | |
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| Born |
1947 Sydney, Australia |
Janet Laurence (born 1947) is a Sydney based Australian artist who works in mixed media and installation. Her work has been included in major survey exhibitions, nationally and internationally and is regularly exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne and Japan.
Her work explores a relationship to the natural world, often from an architectural context. She has exhibited in galleries and outside in site-specific projects, often involving collaborations with architects, landscape architects and environmental scientists.
She received a Rockefeller Residency in 1997.
Life and work
Laurence was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW from 1995 to 2005. She is a council member of Voiceless, the animal protection institute.[1]
Laurence was the subject of John Beard's winning entry for the 2007 Archibald Prize.[2]
She is represented by Arc One Gallery in Melbourne and Hugo Michell Gallery in Adelaide, Australia.
Laurence's Deep Breathing (Resuscitation for the Reef) presents one of Australia's greatest natural wonders to an international audience gathered in Paris for the United Nations climate change conference in November 2015. A Wunderkammer of reef parts, Laurence's artwork includes photos, videos and natural material like bleached corals and shells. It also features fish and turtle specimens borrowed from the Australian Museum and Paris's Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, where it was displayed.[3]
References
- ↑ "Voiceless, the animal protection institute".
- ↑ http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/winners/archibald
- ↑ Taylor, Andrew (September 15, 2015). "Janet Laurence brings fragility of the Great Barrier Reef to Paris climate talks". Retrieved 5 March 2016 – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
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