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Portrait 50

Spring 2015

This issue features Julia Gillard on the late Joan Kirner, Julian Opie’s digital portraiture, Nicholas Harding’s Godot gouaches and more. Portrait 50 is also available on issuu.com

Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham)
Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham)
Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham)

Getting bare

by Penelope Grist

How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
Damon, singer, 2000 by Julian Opie
Damon, singer, 2000 by Julian Opie
Damon, singer, 2000 by Julian Opie

Movement is my radar

by Michael Desmond

Michael Desmond charts the path of portraiture, arriving at Julian Opie’s digital realm.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Confessional conversations

The portraiture of Kristin Headlam

by Fiona Gruber

Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.
Joan Kirner
Joan Kirner
Joan Kirner

Joan Alone

by Julia Gillard AC

Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
John Monash
John Monash
John Monash

Lauded legacy

by Karl James

Karl James gives short shrift to doubts about the profile of General Sir John Monash.
First-Class Marksman, 1946 by Sidney Nolan
First-Class Marksman, 1946 by Sidney Nolan
First-Class Marksman, 1946 by Sidney Nolan

Money for Myth

by Jane Raffan

Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)
Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)
Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

Fugue in Yellow

by Roger Benjamin

Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
William Charles Wentworth -The Australian Patriot
William Charles Wentworth -The Australian Patriot
William Charles Wentworth -The Australian Patriot

The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight

by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.
Rehearsing Godot (Mullins as Lucky) 4.11.2013 by Nicholas Harding
Rehearsing Godot (Mullins as Lucky) 4.11.2013 by Nicholas Harding
Rehearsing Godot (Mullins as Lucky) 4.11.2013 by Nicholas Harding

Waiting for Godot

by Dr Sarah Engledow

'Artist and actors, advancing spasmodically, find their rhythm together' writes Sarah Engledow.
As long as you're here, 2013 by Tony Curran
As long as you're here, 2013 by Tony Curran
As long as you're here, 2013 by Tony Curran

Touchy touchy

by Tony Curran

Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.

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Portrait 51

Summer 2015–16

This issue feature articles on Andrew Sayers, Gordon Darling, our summer exhibition Sideshow Alley and more.

Portrait 49

Winter 2015

This issue features Jude Rae, Arthur Boyd, Darren McDonald, John Singer Sargent, Tom Wills the 'inventor' of Australian Rules Football and more.
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