23/07/2025
It was a great pleasure to contribute in a small way via printing text for Janet Burchill's exhibition 'Solastalgia' in its final week at Neon Parc 🌺
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Installation views of Janet Burchill’s major solo exhibition 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢, on now at Neon Parc Brunswick until 26 July, 2025.
This exhibition runs in tandem with Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley’s collaborative exhibition 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵: 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.
Neon Parc Brunswick is open Wed–Sat, 12–5pm.
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𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢 presents a series of Janet Burchill’s recent tie-dye paintings, produced using fibre reactive dyes. For these paintings, Burchill draws upon a lexicon of recently developed terms that seek to articulate the emotions associated with living in our uncertain contemporary world—rife as it is with geopolitical tensions and climate crises. Take, for example, ‘solastalgia’, a term developed by the environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht defined as “the homesickness you have when you are still at home,” caused by negatively perceived environmental change. Not unlike the words referenced, Burchill’s tie-dyed works are deliberately ambiguous—mirroring the sense of uncertainty that has become so familiar in our daily lives. Evoking imagery suggestive of flames, satellite images or microscopic bacterial growth, Burchill’s paintings convey the tenor of what it means to live in our world today.
Burchill / McCamley’s work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Monash University Collection, Melbourne; Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo; Griffith University, Brisbane; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; and Artbank Australia.
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Janet Burchill
𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢
Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley
𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵: 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺
27 June–26 July
Neon Parc Brunswick
