JANET LAURENCE Reviews: ‘After Nature’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art

May 3, 2019

Janet Laurence’s solo show ‘After Nature’ is currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and will continue until 10 June 2019. Described by the MCA as a powerful survey of one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, ‘After Nature’ involves key works and an ethereal large-scale commission ‘Theatre of Trees’.

‘After Nature’ draws from political and environmental concerns about the way the Earth is both exploited and admired by humans. Already, the show has sparked significant debate in published reviews.

Read a selection of articles by clicking on the links below. In The Conversation, Jacquie Manning applauds the way that Janet uses her work to raise the alarm for extinction and ecosystem depletions. John McDonald’s column for the Sydney Morning Herald addresses the museum visitor’s growing demand to be politically engaged and educationally fulfilled. Tracey Clement writes of the exhibition’s disarming immersion in Art Guide Australia and Running Dog looks at her work as a combination of language, magic and extinction.