Prudence Gibson

Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales - its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens. Who gets to collect plants, name them, propagate them, extract their chemicals, sell them and use them? Whose knowledge is it? And what can the people that...

Well-known for her installations and major public art commissions that engage with architectural and biological forms, acclaimed Australian artist Janet Lawrence is fascinated by the interplay of plant species, animals and people. In her work, represented in all major collections in Australia, Laurence constructs atmospheric spaces that allow for deep reflection on questions of climate change, ecology and extinction. Here,...