00:00A colourful collaboration spanning decades, Jenny Key and Linda Jackson are two of the
00:08nation's best known fashion icons. One known for her knitwear, the other her vibrant designs.
00:16Finding a new home in Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia has announced its acquisition
00:21of more than 80 of Key and Jackson's works. Some are already on display at the gallery's
00:27Know My Name exhibition. People walk past them on the way to our major exhibition and do
00:33a sort of a double take and they instantly recognise these artists' work. They're so
00:39iconically Australian. It was art that was influencing those knits but tactile because I didn't want
00:48to be an artist on the wall, I wanted my art to be on my body. The collection includes many
00:55early works including jumpers, scarves and jewellery. Until now, many were in storage
01:00in the artists' homes. Mine were often packed in boxes with tissue because some of them
01:06weren't suitable to be hanging on coat hangers as such. So yeah, everything was looked after
01:11with the knowledge that possibly as time went on that something like this could happen.
01:16It's not the first time the gallery has showcased the pair. 40 years ago, Key and Jackson were
01:21the focus of the gallery's first exhibition featuring only female artists. A legacy visitors
01:27are eager to share. We've had a lot of people coming in in their old Jenny Key knits and their
01:33Linda Jackson scarves and having their photos taken in front of the works. I just hope that
01:38people will be completely inspired by nature when they walk away, by art, but realising that
01:48art doesn't have to be on the walls. The exhibition will run until July next year.
01:54When that began to happen and the whole overall discovery for me was awesome and I became...
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