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
TRUST
FILM
A short film about the Sidney Nolan Trust
QUICK LINKS
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…
read moreNo 73. Ern Malley - Isabella Boorman
I have to admit when I first turned up to The Rodd in 2017 I simply did not know what to expect. I had begun to plan our…
read moreNo 44. Island - Nick Yelverton
Sidney Nolan’s enigmatic Fraser Island series continues to unfurl and intrigue seventy years after it was painted in October…
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