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One of Australia's most-loved children's authors, Andy Griffiths, has been recognised in a sculpture called Andy Andy.
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It sits alongside Brainstorm, which provides a peek into Griffiths' mind through objects from his writing room.
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Andy Griffiths, one of Australia's most-loved children's authors, has been immortalised in a new portrait at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
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The 4-metre-high 3D-printed work by artist Ronnie van Hout, titled Andy Andy, captures how Griffiths' "inner kid" still runs riot while he's trying to be an adult.
"That kid has a lot of time to waste and to wonder and to just enjoy the ride, rather than trying to get to the end," Griffiths said.
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The author realised he was never going to write serious literary adult fiction early on.
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"Whenever I picked up a pen, the child inside me would go, 'Ah, great, my chance to come out' and I would write funny, weird, strange stuff,"Griffiths
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A portrait with a punk streak
Griffiths and van Hout had never met before, but a shared love of punk music and absurdist humour runs through both their work.
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The sculpture leans into that chaos, and the creativity that comes from it.
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"Working on this project actually made me think about our connected, shared kind of imagery and histories, and all the things that have influenced me,"van Hout said.
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It makes you think about what creates you as a person.
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Brainstorm shows inputs for absurd output
Alongside Andy Andy is Brainstorm, which gives a peek into what objects, music and books turn the cogs of Griffiths' mind.
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"I think my writing has a kind of kooky frequency that if you're a reader, you just pick up on it.
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It's how I walk through the world,"Griffiths said.
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He relates deeply to music that matches that "frequency", and hopes kids and adults alike will be inspired to think differently.
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"You'll see records on the wall that you never knew existed," Griffiths said.
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"You must now pester your parents to get it for you because this is a whole world of alternative thinking and music and art that I'm delighted to share and offer to any children or adults who are open to it.
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"It can take you places you'll never imagine."
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A bittersweet week
The unveiling lands just days after the death of Terry Denton, Griffiths' illustrator and creative collaborator of nearly 30 years, and the artist behind the Treehouse series.
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"We were enablers of each other," Griffiths said.
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"I was this young punk rocker with weird stuff that no-one would publish.
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And he said, 'Well, tell them I'll illustrate anything you do' because he saw in me a chance to explore that chaotic side of himself.
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"I don't want to be glib because I miss him a lot.
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"But his spirit is in those books, and I'm really happy about that — that he's going to live in kids' minds for quite some time to come."
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