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Patricia Piccinini
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Patricia Piccinini was born in Sierra Leone and grew up in Canberra. She received a BFA from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne in 1991. In 1994 she initiated The Basement Project Gallery in Melbourne, which she coordinated until 1996. Her 2003 exhibition We Are Family represented Australia at the 50th Venice Biennale.
2014-15 Acquisition Fund
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Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.
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The exhibition features work from Jan Nelson, Natasha Bieniek, Patricia Piccinini, Juan Ford, Petrina Hicks, Ron Mueck, Yanni Floros, Sam Jinks, Michael Peck and Robin Eley.
Empathy
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Patricia Piccinini places empathy at the heart of her practice. The tenderness of the moment dominates.
Acceptance
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Patricia Piccinini’s photographic series SO2 and The Fitzroy Series explore human acceptance of difference – applied empathy – through children’s interactions with trans-species creatures.
In the Flesh
15 October 2014
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In the flesh is realised through moments of intimacy, empathy, transitions in life and the transience of life, vulnerability, alienation, restlessness, self-reflection, mortality and acceptance.
The Amazing Face: a 14-day Dive into Portraiture
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery is offering a free online class on the art of portraiture from April 28.
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2020 Annual Appeal
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In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
Dissections: Layered portraits from the collection is now open
19 August 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Dissections, showcases the hyper-realist sculptural self-portrait of artist Sam Jinks, Divide, alongside the painted portrait of philosopher David Chalmers by Nick Mourtzakis, which was commissioned by the Gallery in 2011.
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2023 Annual Appeal
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In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.
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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.