Janet Laurence: A Survey Exhibition
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark retrospective catalogue, Janet Laurence: A Survey Exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of one of Australia's most celebrated and philosophically rich contemporary artists, whose practice weaves together science, nature, and memory into immersive multi-media installations. Staged at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery from 19 August to 25 September 2005, the exhibition chronicles Laurence's career-defining body of work, in which organic matter, glass, and chemical substances become powerful mediums for interrogating the fragile boundary between the living and the inert. Laurence's art argues for a profound reconnection with the natural world, drawing on themes of ecology, healing, and the archive to create works that are as visually arresting as they are conceptually layered. Her distinctive aesthetic — simultaneously clinical and deeply sensuous — positions her at the intersection of the biological and the aesthetic, the museum and the wilderness. This catalogue stands as an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual and creative forces that have shaped contemporary Australian art, and leaves the reader with an urgent question: what does it mean to tend to the memory of a living world?
Author: Janet Laurence
Format: Paperback
Published: 2005, ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark retrospective catalogue, Janet Laurence: A Survey Exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of one of Australia's most celebrated and philosophically rich contemporary artists, whose practice weaves together science, nature, and memory into immersive multi-media installations. Staged at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery from 19 August to 25 September 2005, the exhibition chronicles Laurence's career-defining body of work, in which organic matter, glass, and chemical substances become powerful mediums for interrogating the fragile boundary between the living and the inert. Laurence's art argues for a profound reconnection with the natural world, drawing on themes of ecology, healing, and the archive to create works that are as visually arresting as they are conceptually layered. Her distinctive aesthetic — simultaneously clinical and deeply sensuous — positions her at the intersection of the biological and the aesthetic, the museum and the wilderness. This catalogue stands as an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual and creative forces that have shaped contemporary Australian art, and leaves the reader with an urgent question: what does it mean to tend to the memory of a living world?