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Headspace 5

Crystal Gazing

Saturday 11 September until Sunday 7 November 2004

Crystal Gazing: Headspace V, the fifth in the National Portrait Gallery's program of secondary student portrait exhibitions, invites students from Canberra and the surrounding regions to explore the possibilities of portraiture.

Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody

The exhibition theme Crystal Gazing, focuses on aspects of time and encourages students to reflect on how they can represent their hopes and aspirations for the future.

Tree – Mankind – Links II, 2004 by Maximiliano Alcazar-Stevens
Tree – Mankind – Links II, 2004 by Maximiliano Alcazar-Stevens
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Building My World, 2004 by Claire Sutton
Building My World, 2004 by Claire Sutton
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I See, 2004 by Gene Anthony Nichols
I See, 2004 by Gene Anthony Nichols
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Hypnotized, 2004 by Ray Lichtenberg
Hypnotized, 2004 by Ray Lichtenberg
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Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Losing Faith, 2004 by Alexandra Cody
Magazine article, Portrait 13
Time is precious

Headspace5: Crystal Gazing highlighted the diversity of materials and techniques that young people use for self expression. David Sequeira presents a personal view of three works in the exhibition.

Exhibitions

Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Headspace 6
Who Am I?
Previous exhibition, 2005

The sixth in the National Portrait Gallery’s series of student exhibitions, will feature 200 portrait artworks, both two and three-dimensional, from secondary school students from across Australia

Checkered Past, 2003 by Alex Epoff
Checkered Past, 2003 by Alex Epoff
Checkered Past, 2003 by Alex Epoff
Headspace 4
Facing Memory
Previous exhibition, 2003

Facing Memory: Headspace 4 provides us with valuable insights into the thoughts, creative processes and art-making practices of secondary students from Year 7 to Year 12 from sixty-two schools in the Australian Capital Territory, regional New South Wales and Victoria

Collection display galleries
Open every day

The collection display includes a wide selection of portraits that tell extraordinary stories of encounter, exploration, independence, individuality and achievement in Australia. Visitors to the Gallery can follow the development of portraiture from oil painting to digital media.

Entry is free.
Margaret Fulton, 1980 (printed 2002) by Lewis Morley
Margaret Fulton, 1980 (printed 2002) by Lewis Morley
Margaret Fulton, 1980 (printed 2002) by Lewis Morley
Masters of Fare
Chefs, winemakers, providores
Previous exhibition, 2004

Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.

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