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“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
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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.38 The Cardplayers - Nevin Jayawardena
This work by Sidney Nolan concentrates on the characters in the painting, rather than the architecture. Nolan has utilized…
read moreNo 93. Artist and painting - Charles Nodrum
This is one of 30 to 40 drawings Nolan made in an afternoon whilst talking to his friend Elwyn Lynn. Some were easier to…
read moreNo.13 Untitled (Catani Arch, St Kilda) - David Rainey
Sidney Nolan was born the very same day Carlo Catani turned 65 and retired from the Public Works Department in Melbourne…
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