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Janet Burchill
‘Solastalgia’
Brunswick
27 Jun.–26 Jul.
2025
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Neon Parc is thrilled to present ‘Solastalgia’, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Janet Burchill, alongside ‘Simone Weil Project: Human Personality’ a collaborative exhibition by Burchill/McCamley, opening at Neon Parc Brunswick on Friday 27 June, 6–8pm.

‘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.

Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley have been at the forefront of conceptual and feminist art since the early 1980s, producing a body of work that is as intellectually compelling as it is visually arresting. Working both collaboratively and individually, their multidisciplinary practice spans photography, printmaking, sculpture, text, painting, and neon, continually pushing the boundaries of artistic expression. Their work draws on diverse influences, including political and artistic manifestos, modernist legacies, and conceptual art.

Their important retrospective Temptation to Co-Exist at Heide Museum of Modern Art (2019) solidified their status as two of Australia’s most thought-provoking and influential artists. Their work continues to challenge, disrupt, and redefine the parameters of contemporary artistic discourse.

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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