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Transillumination (A Moment of Noise in Memory of Absence), 2016
by Kailum Graves
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Finalist, DPA 2016
Jude Rae
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Jude Rae’s high reputation rests on her austere, cerebral still lifes of gas canisters, electric jugs and jars, which she groups and rearranges for paintings that catch their difficult curves and reflections. Her self-portrait’s likewise thoughtfully composed.
Swimming every day
NPPP 2015 exhibition essay
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Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2015 Prize.
Alwar Balasubramaniam
by Zehra Jumabhoy
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Born in 1971 in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculptures, prints and installations challenge our perceptions while creating forms for the invisible and the intangible.
Memories
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The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.
Atul Bhalla
by Khavita Singh
Artist essays
Atul Bhalla was born in 1964 in New Delhi. He frequently combines photography, installation, sculpture, video, painting and performance to question the human relationship with the natural and constructed environment.
Ken Done
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With a mum who was married to a tradie, you’d think it a fair chance that the baby Jesus would have grown up with a dog in the house.
Graeme Drendel
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I like talking about Drendel’s pictures as if they expressed dreams of my own.
Fiona McMonagle
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Fiona aims to create a dangerous situation with a flood of water on the paper, forcing each work to the point where it can fail, and then rescuing it.
Nicholas Harding
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Over the years the young Nicholas Harding got his hands on various mice and guinea pigs, but they served mainly to illustrate the concept of mortality.
The more things change...
NPPP 2017 exhibition essay
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Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits
Exhibition essay
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Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.