An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.
Christina 'Chrissy' Amphlett (1959–2013), singer/songwriter, was best known for her energetic performances as the lead singer of rock band the Divinyls, often in her trademark school uniform and fishnet stockings.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Chrissie Grishin (b. 1954), printmaker and painter, exhibits under the name of G W Bot, derived from an eighteenth-century French reference to the wombat as ‘le grand Wam Bot’ and adopted in tribute to the animal with which she has taken as her totem.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Claudia Hyles 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
While the blues-inspired hard guitar riffs of Australian pub rock were shaping tastes, a number of artists were developing music primed for success on the international stage.
A design diary retrospective.
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
