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It's Complicated
Marriage: a prolonged disaster
The Assumption of Virginity, 2014
by Xanthe Dobbie
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Finalist, MDPA 2014
An Arctic Time Signature
by Devika Bilimoira
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Finalist, MDPA 2015
Storytelling
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The fourth row of paintings interweave Ngarranggarni, memories, relationships and Country.
Architecture
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Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
Alienation
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Segregated from their fellow humans in cellophane prisons, reference points are removed, so it is not certain whether these naked figures could be unwrapped, are about to be subsumed, or will forever be suspended in a plastic stasis.
Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton
9 September 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.
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.
Eko Nugroho
by Adeline Ooi
Artist essays
Born and raised in Yogyakarta, Eko Nugroho (b. 1977) entered the art scene at the height of Reformasi.
Memories
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The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.
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.
Exhibition themes
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The four main themes of the exhibition: About face, Body politic, Skin deep, and Self reflex.
Hema Upadhyay
by Amrita Gupta Singh
Artist essays
Hema Upadhyay was born in Baroda in 1972 and moved to in Mumbai in 1998. Incorporating painting, installation, sculpture and printmaking, Upadhyay’s work often addresses issues related to migration, especially the experiences of those living in urban communities.
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.
NPPP 2016 exhibition essay
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Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.
Anna Culliton
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Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.