Rosemary Laing

Rosemary Laing is a photo-based artist. Her projects are most often created in relation to cultural and/or historically resonant locations throughout Australia. With interventions undertaken in situ or through the use of choreographed performance work, she engages with the politics of place and contemporary culture.

The Unquiet Landscapes of Rosemary Laing, a major survey of her work was held at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in 2005 and travelled to Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark in 2006. TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria presented a major survey of Rosemary Laing’s work in 2018, consisting of 28 large-scale works spanning a 30-year period.

Download the skyground catalogue essay. (2019)

Download the poems for recent times essay (2021)

Read swansongs media release (2024)

Read swansongs catalogue essay by Victoria Lynn (2024)

Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view. (Left) (b) ‘Blackbutt Road’, shellworks, 2012-2024. Shelf length 380 cm. (Right) (a) ‘Blackbutt Road(swanfires 2020)’, 2020-2023. Packing cardboard, UV ink, wax varnish. 120 x 231.5cm
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view. (Left) (a) ‘crustatesta & littoral (with blu-tac and bandages)’, 2023. Retail display board, UV ink, wax varnish. 120 x 160 cm. (Right) (b) ‘crustatesta & littoral, shellworks’, 2012-2024. Shelf length 190 cm.
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view. (Left) (a) ‘broken green’, 2023. Retail display board, UV ink, wax varnish, 2 panels, 130 x 172.8 cm overall. (Right) (b) ‘broken green, shellworks’, 2012-2024. Shelf length 300cm.
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, installation view. (Left) (a) ‘fisheyes(with blu-tac and bandages)’ 2023. Kitchen back splash, UVink, wax varnish, 145 x 199.5 cm. (Right) (b) ‘fisheyes, shellworks’, 2012-2024. Shelf length 380cm.
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view
Rosemary Laing, ‘swansongs’ 2024, 1 March – 6 April 2024, installation view