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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

The boy, 2008 by Petrina Hicks

The boy, 2008

by Petrina Hicks
Image
Rosemary, 2006 by Petrina Hicks

Rosemary, 2006

by Petrina Hicks
Image
Dragonflies, 2021 Petrina Hicks

Dragonflies

Petrina Hicks
Image
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley

Layne Beachley, 2008

Petrina Hicks
Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, silent, continuous loop

Commissioned 2008

Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley

Layne Beachley, 2008

Petrina Hicks
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned 2008

Layne Beachley

Everybody's heard about the bird

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008

Two professionals; Australian surfer Layne Beachley and photographer Petrina Hicks, combine their strengths to achieve a remarkable portrait.

Gill Hicks video: 5 minutes 9 seconds

Gill Hicks

'I have found a peace within myself'
Portrait story

Peace advocate, author, musician and artist Gill Hicks on her portrait by Tony Kearney.

Gill Hicks

Gill Hicks

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 2021

Gill Hicks
Gill Hicks
Gill Hicks

Gill Hicks, 2016

Tony Kearney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2016

Adams Apple, 2013 by Petrina Hicks

Petrina Hicks

More about In the flesh artists

Petrina Hicks has exhibited widely throughout Australia, and internationally, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, USA and Japan. Her work was selected for screening in the 17th International Videobrasil (2011) and featured in Pingyao International Photography Festival, China (2010).

Walking in tall grass, Lucy, 2010 by Jan Nelson

More about In the flesh artists

General content

The exhibition features work from Jan Nelson, Natasha Bieniek, Patricia Piccinini, Juan Ford, Petrina Hicks, Ron Mueck, Yanni Floros, Sam Jinks, Michael Peck and Robin Eley.

Adams Apple, 2013 by Petrina Hicks

Alienation

More about In the flesh

Segregated from their fellow humans in cellophane prisons, reference points are removed, so it is not certain whether these naked figures could be unwrapped, are about to be subsumed, or will forever be suspended in a plastic stasis.

Divide, 2011 by Sam Jinks

In the Flesh

15 October 2014
Archived media releases 2014

Press releases and image downloads for media.

Divide, 2011 by Sam Jinks

In the flesh

Previous exhibition, 2014

In the flesh is an enthralling and immersive experience of contemporary art that confronts the concept of humanness and the experiences of consciousness and emotion. Featuring ten Australian artists including Jan Nelson, Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck and Michael Peck, the exhibition explores themes of intimacy, empathy, transience, transition, vulnerability, alienation, restlessness, reflection, mortality and acceptance.

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