Sidney Nolan 'House on Hill' heide circle

Sidney Nolan 'House on Hill' heide circleSidney Nolan is regarded as one of Australias greatest and most influential artists. While he is widely celebrated for the mythic narratives that shaped his careerNed Kellys spectral figure in the outback, the tragedy of Burke and Wills, the memory of GallipoliNolans early landscapes reveal the foundation on which these legends were built. Painted in 1942, 'House on Hill' belongs to a formative period in Nolans practice, when he was developing his

In ‘An Orange Page of Ideas and Symbols’

the water’s presence is not realistic but an artistic decision

If it still does not appear to have arrived

This striking print dramatises the sexuality of the female figure

'study for ledger of the lost #6'

forcing the viewer to raise their eyes to where the setting sun and urban pollution tinge the clouds yellow

'Metamorphosis' mirrors the coexistence of beauty and gravity

taking what is most iconic from the cinematic moment and leaving the rest up to the viewer

Sammy Apetyarre paints in a tradition shaped by ancestral knowledge and ceremonial responsibility

hands cradling its face

Harbeck is an accomplished printmaker

Thake was troubled by his country’s biggest gallery eschewing modern art