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 49. Myself - Simon Mundy
Nolan was never afraid of revealing himself in his art but equally he liked to play hard to get, teasing the viewer or reader…
read moreNo.26 Self Portrait in Youth - Barry Pearce & Duncan Fallowell
Sidney Nolan’s manner of seizing an image might have earned him a similar reference to his contemporary Willem de Kooning…
read moreNo 53. Randolph Stow - Suzanne Falkiner
In March 1963 the poet and novelist Randolph Stow—‘Mick’ to his familiars—had resigned from teaching at Leeds University…
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