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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 98. Burke and Wills expedition 'Gray sick' - Gary Sangster
Coming from Sydney’s western suburbs, a sprawling empire of parochial masculinity, a certain durable, resilient intellectualism…
read moreNo 59. The Slip - Humphrey Ocean
This is something painting can do. It defies time and I can go on looking at it. Of course there are a number of tensions…
read moreNo.32 Tarred and Feathered - Nick Cave
Sidney Nolan’s paintings mostly tell stories and the stories are often of outcasts and outsiders.
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