Sidney Nolan 'Woman on Beach, St Kilda' portrait

Sidney Nolan 'Woman on Beach, St Kilda' portraitSidney Nolans 'Woman on Beach, St Kilda' is an object of fascination. It was painted in 1940 when Nolan was part of the Heide Circle, poised for his first solo exhibition. Yet to leave Australia but nevertheless inspired by European modernism, he set about reimagining his childhood suburb of St Kilda through the eyes of the avant garde. For Nolan, St Kilda was his kitsch heaven a realm of garish beauty and abandon, tinged by memories of his misspent

with his output equally split between abstract compositions and a dedication to Byzantine period iconography

‘The Melbourne Cup Bouquet’ was commissioned by a patron interested in horse racing

The formal qualities of tone and colour are evocative

including in public galleries

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Bloomsday sees city and novel fuse: participants retrace Leopard Bloom’s meander through Dublin

a metaphysical dimension lingers

It is titled after the mystical Hindu syllable Om

this tale and his own life

South Australia’ two planes stand Christ-like on their tails

Gentle has more than forty exhibitions to his credit as well as various residencies at the Royal Botanic Gardens and Hill End

sit vases of roses