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MEDIA RELEASE - 22 January 1996

Madam Lash at 'the Nash'


Noted Sydney identity Gretel Pinniger (Madame Lash), is arriving in Canberra on Tuesday morning 23 January to help with the hanging of her famous portrait Poppy King *Poppy Wears The Seven Deadly Sins* for the new exhibition Australians of the Year at the National Portrait Gallery.

Ms Pinniger will be arriving at the steps of Old Parliament House at 10.30am in her custom decorated pink vehicle with her chauffer Scott.

To be opened by the Prime Minister Mr Paul Keating on 25 January as part of the annual Presentation of Australia Day Awards, Australians of the Year will be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra until 9 June.

The collaboration between the National Australia Day Council and the National Portrait Gallery has resulted in a stunning and original exhibition featuring at least one portrait of ever Australian of the year since the award was established in 1960 as well as portraits of the 17 Young Australians of the Year.

Poppy King*Poppy Wears The Seven Deadly Sins* is the largest work on display and will have a dominant presence in this vibrant and boldly designed exhibition. Miss Pinniger, who is a candidate for the Senate, launched her new Extra Dimension Party in 1995.

Australians of the Year features oil paintings, sculpture, studio photographs, ephemera, film footage and a range of other material drawn from institutions and private collections from around the country.

The media is invited to an exclusive preview of the exhibition itself on Thursday morning 25 January at 10.30 am in the National Portrait Gallery.


For further information or interviews please contact:

Gay Woods, Public Affairs Manager
Telephone: (06) 2621252
Facsimile: (06) 2735483
E-mail: gwoods@nla.gov.au


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