Janet Laurence b. 1947

Also known as Janet Lawrence
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sculptor and installation artist, Janet Laurence is probably best known for her site-specific architectural collaborations including 'Edge of the Trees' with Fiona Foley for the Museum of Sydney and the Australian War Memorial for London's Hyde Park. A former trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in 2006 Laurence was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and in 2008 was undertaking a PhD in Architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
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creator of
Trace Elements
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glass, oil, paint, wood

75 × 197 × 19 cm

 
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creator of
Ghost Glasshouse
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acrylic, oil, Marblo, steel

134 × 81 × 41 cm

 
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creator of
Medicinal Garden 2
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acrylic, oil, glass, various plants and minerals, Marblo

14 × 30 × 12 cm

 
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creator of
Medicinal Gardens 3
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acrylic, oil, glass, various plants and minerals, Marblo

14 × 30 × 12 cm

 
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creator of
Medicinal Gardens 4
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acrylic, oil, glass, various plants and minerals, Marblo

14 × 30 × 12 cm

 
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creator of
After Veiling Space
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cast resin, Marblo, steel

151 × 41 × 41 cm

 
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creator of
Translucidus
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Duraclear, photographs, star-fired glass, painted glazes

2 walls – 42 × 1 m overall; Qantas Club, Sydney, International Business Class Lounge, Sydney, Australia.

 
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creator of
Veiling Space: Incarnations
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Uniting Church, Paddington, Sydney

 
creator of
Stilled Lives
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creator of
The Matter of Nature
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glass, sulphur, gold, calcium, carbon, salts, oxides, oil, wax, acrylic, resin, natural history specimens

90 × 180 × 60 cm vitrine; Art Gallery of New South Wales

 
creator of
49 Veils
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In collaboration with Jisuk Han

 
creator of
In the Shadow
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creator of
Unfold
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duraclear photographs, acrylic, glass, nickel, silver, minerals, oil, oxides

180 × 135

 
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creator of
Edge of the Trees
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29 pillars, sandstone, wood, steel, oxides, shelss, honey, bones, zinc, glass & sound

In collaboration with Fiona Foley

 
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creator of
The Measure of Light
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salt, fluorescent light, zinc, stainles steel, lead, aluminium, laboratory glass and x-rays

Room size 1400 × 1400 cm, installation view, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

 
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