Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Accession number: 2001.192.2
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eX de Medici (age 42 in 2001)
Peter Garrett (age 48 in 2001)
Rob Hirst (age 46 in 2001)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The Companion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store.
Magda Keaney explores the symbolism in eX de Medici's portrait of Midnight Oil.
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
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