Merging the traditional and unconventional, WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture features 130 works across a variety of mediums – from painting, screenprinting and photography to sculpture and film. Drawn from the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Portrait Gallery, this exhibition explores who we are and how we view others – historically, today and into the future. It questions what constitutes portraiture by examining the surprising and sometimes unconventional ways of representing likeness.
Artists include Howard Arkley, Atong Atem, Nora Heysen, Tracey Moffatt, Vincent Namatjira, John Nixon, Patricia Piccinini, Shirley Purdie, Michael Riley, Kaylene Whiskey, William Yang, and Anne Zahalka, to name a few.
Kaylene Whiskey, Seven Sisters Song, 2021, enamel paint on road sign National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Iwantja Arts, Northern Territory, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and National Portrait Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
National Portrait Gallery
1 October 2022 to 29 January 2023
Australian Capital Territory
