Celebrate the Gallery’s 20th birthday summer with Electric! Portraits that pop! The collection exhibition features a mix of bright, bold and colourful paintings, prints and photographs, and buoyant video portraits.
35 portraits view all
1 Sir Robert May AC KT, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland. 2 Christine Manfield, 1997 Selina Snow. © Selina Snow. 3 Acacius (Stigmata) - Tony Carden, 1991 AñA Wojak. © AñA Wojak. 4 Nicole Kidman, c. 1980 Lewis Morley. © Lewis Morley Archive LLC. 5 Natalie Imbruglia, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland. 6 Roslyn, 2016 Sally Ross. © Sally Ross.
1 Sir Robert May AC KT, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland. 2 Christine Manfield, 1997 Selina Snow. © Selina Snow. 3 Acacius (Stigmata) - Tony Carden, 1991 AñA Wojak. © AñA Wojak. 4 Nicole Kidman, c. 1980 Lewis Morley. © Lewis Morley Archive LLC. 5 Natalie Imbruglia, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland. 6 Roslyn, 2016 Sally Ross. © Sally Ross.
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Volume One
Previous exhibition, 2018When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.
