Rosemary Laing has been working with photo-based media since the 1980s. For this exhibition she presents 28 large-scale works from ten series, made over 30 years that explore human engagement with the landscape, drawing on themes of colonisation, political boundaries and man-made and natural environments which resonate with Australian cultural and historical sites. Laing says, ‘The arrival of people, throughout history, shifts what happens in the land, challenging those who have left their elsewhere, and disrupting the continuum of their destination-place.’
Rosemary Laing, Drapery and wattle, 2017, from the series ‘Buddens’, archival pigment print, 100 x 152.6cm. Collection of Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Art Consultant. © Rosemary Laing. Courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne and TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne
TarraWarra Museum of Art
2 December to 11 February, 2018
Melbourne
