ABOUT
“The Rodd is a centre for creative work, exploration, learning and doing. It is a kind of testing ground, it is a place for experiment, it is a place in which things can be tried and things can be discovered.”
Mel Gooding, 2010
ABOUT SIDNEY
"I've had a very complex life, emotional life... I'd like now to be more direct, to try and look at myself as if I am somebody else"
1992
The Nolan 100
A birthday tribute to Sidney Nolan from 100 individuals worldwide.
In 2017 we invited people who knew Sidney, worked with him, or have been influenced by his work or his legacy to choose a ‘favourite’ Nolan work and tell us why.
No.36 Luna Park - Paula Dredge
While preparing paintings for the Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition in 2007, I was cataloguing a collection of paints…
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In March 1963 the poet and novelist Randolph Stow—‘Mick’ to his familiars—had resigned from teaching at Leeds University…
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I first met Sidney in the mid-1950s, a short time after his arrival in England with his wife Cynthia when they came to take…
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