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N.T. Ranger Uranium: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, pencil on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground, 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove bark pigment, watercolour and gouache on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Head studies: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, pencil on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
M.O. Ranger 3: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Test #4 Broadhead and Wing Pattern: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour, gouache, mangrove bark dye with alum on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Test #2 Ranger 3 Pit Mine Kakadu, N.T.: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove reduced bark dye (no alum) on unsanded vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
'Come + see the real thing, come + see' Conquistadors parts Hong. Ranger 3: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove bark pigment and pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Test #1 Ranger 3 Pit Mine Kakadu, N.T.: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove bark pigment on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Alan Dowler and Dwayne Tickner, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Roo shooter's offsider, 2017
by Adam Ferguson
Image
Peter Garrett AM
Biography
Peter Garrett AM (b. 1953), musician, environmental and social activist, and former politician, is the lead singer of the band Midnight Oil, which originated in Sydney's northern beaches in the mid-1970s.
12 portraits in the collection
Making Portraits
Five Years of National Portrait Gallery Commissions
Previous exhibition, 2004
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
Previous exhibition, 2018
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Seduce and Destroy
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2001
Magda Keaney explores the symbolism in eX de Medici's portrait of Midnight Oil.