Jane Burton b. 1966

'Nightwood' sees Jane Burton draw on the title of Djuna Barnes' 1936 novel, echoing also its atmospheric temperament. The book explores women who resist being read, or fixed in time...

Advancing. Turning. Retreating. A spectral figure manifests from a patch of light on a roughcast wall. Part vapour, part flesh, the soft territory of a body starts to apparate with...

This new suite of photographs depicts a landscape of the Central Highlands region beyond Ballarat that was shown to the artist by a friend. This is not the kind of...

THE ART OF JANE BURTON I read recently that the poet Rimbaud was keen on photography and recognised its power and potential. Foremost amongst the things he wished to write...

Among the photographic and cinematic sources that helped inspire Jane Burton’s recent work, two stand out for their unlikely complementarity: Miroslav Tichy, the Czech recluse who surreptitiously photographed local women...

These works are from a series of photographs titled Ivy . Rendered in sepia tones with mottled stains in pastel hues, these images suggest a certain, timeless otherworld. Evoking vintage...

Photography is undergoing liberation. Thirty years ago some still questioned photography’s legitimacy as an art form. Now photography’s status as art is a given.1 Recent technological advancement has furthered the...

Jane Burton has travelled to an ancient lost city, a place so fabulous it seems more the stuff of dreams than an actual location. But these beautifully composed photographs, where...