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)

tree composition #1, Arnold 2017
around 11.20am, about 1 km south of Ropers Lookout. Image size: 22 x 23.53 cm. Sheet size: 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets.
Edition: 8 + 2APs
tree composition # 2, sloping hill 2017
around 11am, about 7 km before Bogong
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets. Image size: 22 x 23.53 cm. Sheet size 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Edition: 8 + 2APs
TarraWarra, monk hill 2017
from TarraWarra Estate, toward Cistercian Monks
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets. Image size: 22 x 42.8 cm. Sheet size 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Edition: 8 + 2APs
hay roll 2017
after 5pm, after Moyhu, about 6km before Oxley Road
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets.. Image size: 22 x 24.64 cm. Sheet size: 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Edition: 8 + 2APs
TarraWarra, monk hill 2017
from TarraWarra Estate, toward Cistercian Monks
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets. Image size: 22 x 42.8 cm. Sheet size: 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Edition: 8 + 2APs
tree composition #9, level stick 2017
around 9.45am, Cowwarr-Walhalla Road
Victorian Sketchbook. Boxed Edition. 6 pigment prints, comprised of 3 couplets. Image size: 22 x 40.75 cm Sheet size: 32.9 x 48.3 cm
Edition: 8 + 2APs
effort and rush 2016
Installation view
effort and rush 2016
Installation view