ABC/NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY COMMISSION

The ABC are shooting a documentary about Merilyn Fairskye's making of three portraits, commissioned by the soon to re-open National Portrait Gallery. Her subjects are Sir William Deane, Dian Wellfare (deceased human rights activist) and Ruth Lewis (koala and kangaroo rescuer and activist). The portraits will also be screened on ABC 1 & 2 and presented in the opening exhibition of the National Portrait Gallery in December 2008.

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PETRINA HICKS - WINNER
ABN AMRO EMERGING ARTIST AWARD 2008

ABN AMRO Tower
88 Phillip Street, Sydney
1 - 24 September 2008

Petrina Hicks has been selected as the winner of this year's ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award. Her entry Lambswool, 2008 is from the series The Descendants which includes both photographic and video portraiture and presents subjects which exist somewhere between human and computer creation. The $10,000 acquisitive award was announced on Tuesday the 16 September, with the exhibition continuing until 24 September.

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ANNE NOBLE - ICE BLINK: ANTARCTIC PHOTOGRAPHS

Centre for Contemporary Photography
404 George Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065
12 September - 25 October 2008

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HEAT: ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE

RMIT Gallery 101 344 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
12 September - 18 October 2008

Since 2002, Anne Noble has been fascinated by the Antarctic, in particular its relationship to tourism and commercialisation. Ice Blink: Antarctic Photographs, is a selection of photographs reflecting on the fictive Antarctic scapes found in museum exhibits as far from the real site as Scotland and the United States. These works reflect on our role as consumers in relation to this dramatically beautiful wilderness.

A selection of Anne Noble's Antarctic images will also feature in the exhibition Heat: Art and Climate Change, a collaborative project developed by RMIT Gallery and the Art & Sustainability Research Cluster.

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