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Jane Burton, Kingdom of Pleasure (#1), 2022, Ambrotype -- wet plate collodion on black glass, 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Jane Burton, Kingdom of Pleasure


27 Aug 2022
⬤ Linden New Art 4 Aug - 4 Sep 2022

Jane Burton’s introductory statement to her exhibition of stunning, tenebrous ambrotypes, Kingdom of Pleasure, perfectly prepares the viewer for their voyage through the fog of photographic memory to the hazy, coastal gothic foreshore of St Kilda’s Luna Park. Burton describes her first encounter with the festive centre:

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Artists: Jane Burton, Pat Brassington, Francesca Woodman, Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Eugene Atget

Ursula Cornelia de Leeuw is a writer and researcher between Melbourne and Adelaide.

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