Janet Laurence is an Australian artist who was born in 1947 and lives in Warrang/Sydney. Laurence has nine works in the national collection and in  2020–21, her installation Requiem 2020 was included in the National Gallery exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now: Part One. In this episode of Artists' Artists, host Jennifer Higgie chats with Laurence about four works from the national collection that reflect, in very different ways, the relationship between art and the natural world. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Eva Hesse, Contingent 1969, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1973 © The Estate of Eva Hesse, Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
2. Robert Smithson, Rocks and mirror square II 1971, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1977 © Robert Smithson. VAGA/Copyright Agency
3. Rosalie Gascoigne, Feathered fence 1979, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the artist 1994 © Rosalie Gascoigne/Copyright Agency
4. Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Gumatj people, White painting #2 2010, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2010 © Courtesy of the artist's estate and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

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