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Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Jimmy & Jane Barnes and Jesse Lizotte

'All you need is love'

Jimmy & Jane Barnes with photographer Jesse Lizotte on collaborating and making their photograph in a bed of roses.

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes, 2020

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel 1984 (detail) Grant Matthews

Pub Rock

Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes

Previous exhibition, 2020

Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.

Cold Chisel, ANU Union, Canberra, 18 September 1979. Jimmy Barnes (vocals) 'pling

Cold Chisel, ANU Union, Canberra, 18 September 1979. Jimmy Barnes (vocals)

Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss, Cold Chisel 1980 Wendy McDougall

Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss, Cold Chisel 1980

Wendy McDougall

Trevor Jamieson, 2016 by Brett Canet-Gibson

The more things change...

NPPP 2017 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

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Jimmy Barnes, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2012

Kenty Maggot 2010

Observation point

Magazine article by Ben Quilty, 2010

The Australian painter Ben Quilty discusses his approach to portraiture.

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of John McLean 2008

Daddy Cool, Melbourne

Now Listen...

Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2005

Artist Tessa Jones recalls creating her portrait of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock singer and music producer, Ross Wilson.

Kerrie Lester

Kerrie Lester

Kerrie Lester (1953–2016) became well-known as a portraitist for her playful, textured, highly coloured works that appeared regularly in the Archibald and Portia Geach exhibitions of the late 1980s and the 1990s.

6 portraits in the collection

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy Barnes AO

Jimmy Barnes AO (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, is a solo performer and the former lead singer of the quintessential Australian pub band, Cold Chisel.

3 portraits in the collection

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Jim Rolon

New Jersey-born Jim Rolon (b. 1956) began working as a photographer for a family portrait company in his twenties.

6 portraits in the collection

Don Walker, Songwriter

Don Walker

Don Walker (b. 1951) is considered one of Australia's best songwriters.

1 portrait in the collection

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes (b. 1958), musician, was born in Bangkok. After her parents' divorce, she spent her childhood travelling around the world with her diplomat stepfather, mother and two sisters, living in Australia, Italy, Russia, New Guinea, Kiribati, Malta and Malaysia.

1 portrait in the collection

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