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Johnson Pilton Walker
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Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.
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Untitled, 2013
by Brett Walker
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012
by Bridget Walker
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Finalist, iD2012
The Tangles
Moustaches
According to an 1981 Australian Women’s Weekly profile of fast bowler Dennis Lillee, a moustache was a ‘compulsory’ accessory for sportsmen.
Nothing black and white about the Greys
It's Complicated
Marriage: a prolonged disaster
Friendship’s rhyme and reason
Nearest & Dearest
Poetic trio
Architecture
About us
Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
A magnificent rivalry
Australia's America's Cup challengers
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Alexander (Jock) Sturrock and Alan Bond
Capital Cool
Stop in all the byways, playin' rock 'n roll
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Outsiders tend to give Canberra a bad rap: sterile, plagued by politicians, a comatose capital for professionals and academics. Nick Cave once said he didn’t like the city because there were too many punks.
Oz Rock
Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned
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Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
Icons Syndicate
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Oz Origins
A little bit louder now
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Australia’s passion for rock ‘n roll was kindled by American and British acts in the 1950s and 60s. The novel genre’s driving, licentious rhythms and voices captured imaginations and libidos, not to mention aspiring young musicians.
Oz Punk
Sends a permanent shiver down my spine
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In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.
Portrait Donors
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iD Digital Portraiture Award winner announced
2 August 2012
Archived media releases 2012
The inaugural winner of the $10,000 iD Digital Portraiture Award was announced this morning at the National Portrait Gallery.