Exclusive to Cowra Regional Art Gallery during its NSW tour, this National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrates the power of photographic portraits to communicate something beyond the appearance of their subjects – their quirks, flaws, strengths, vulnerabilities.
Forty-seven finalist works reflect the human condition, identity, transformation, and strength. We see an eighty-nine-year-old proudly basking in the sun in her underwear; post-pandemic reunions; transitions from adolescence to adulthood; cultural and transcultural identity; queer representation and acceptance; individuals affected by floods, war, illness, and those saved by love, friendship, and creativity.
Heidi Margocsy, Brave New World, 2022, digital photograph on paper, 116.6 × 85.2 × 4cm (framed). Courtesy the artist, National Portrait Gallery, Australian Capital Territory and Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
17 December 2023 to 4 February 2024
New South Wales
