Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Janet Laurence: After Eden
16 ⁄ 03 ⁄ 2012 – 19 ⁄ 05 ⁄ 2012
Presenting a new commission for Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), Janet Laurence’s work explores the poetics of space through the creation of works that deal with our experiential and cultural relationship with the natural world. Her work echoes architecture while retaining organic qualities and a sense of instability and transience. It occupies the liminal zones or meeting places of art, science, imagination and memory. Profoundly aware of the interconnection of all life forms, Laurence often produces work in response to specific sites or environments using a diverse range of materials. Alchemical transformation and history are underlying themes.
A full-colour catalogue, published by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation with the generous support of Andrew and Cathy Cameron, accompanies the exhibition and includes a preface by Gene Sherman, essays by Drusilla Modjeska and Rachel Kent, and an artist interview by Dolla S. Merrillees.
Culture+Ideas proudly supported by The Nelson Meers Foundation.
Janet Laurence
After Eden (detail), 2011
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist
Janet Laurence
After Eden (detail), 2011
courtesy the artist
Janet Laurence
After Eden (detail), 2011
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist
Janet Laurence
After Eden (detail), 2011
dimensions variable
courtesy the artist