Title
The journey
(1986)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- The journey (Silk Road cat no 22)
- Date
- (1986)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- acrylic enamel spray on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 152.8 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, pink acrylic paint, "N [in reverse]". Not dated.
Signed top c. verso on stretcher, black charcoal, ".../ Nolan".- Credit
- Gift of Bond Street City Freeholds 1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 92.1989
- Copyright
- © The Trustees of the Sidney Nolan Trust/DACS. Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Sidney Nolan
Works in the collection
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About
Sidney Nolan is Australia's most internationally celebrated painter and the recipient of many important art prizes and honorary doctorates. Now well into his seventies, he continues to lead an active artistic life and to explore new themes as well as reworking earlier images with the hindsight of old age. He also travels extensively throughout the world. His first trip to China took place in 1965 and he has since made several return visits, drawing upon these experiences to produce such series as 'The Silk Road' of which 'The journey' forms a part. The Art Gallery of New South Wales also holds another five works from this series. Technically, they differ from the earlier oil, acrylic and enamel works for which Nolan is best know, being both spray-painted on canvas and intensely lyrical. 'Nolan has experienced China', wrote an English critic when the latter were first exhibited, 'but he continued his journey he has painted for us [to] an elsewhere never seen before'.
Barry Pearce, 'Older Australian masters', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1991
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Recent work: Sidney Nolan [1986], The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 16 Oct 1986–08 Nov 1986
The Silk Road: An exhibition of new paintings by Sir Sidney Nolan [1987], The Rotunda, , Jan 1987–Jan 1987
Silk Route [1988], Nolan Gallery, Australia, 15 Jul 1987–20 Sep 1987
Sir Sidney Nolan [1988], Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, East Sydney, 05 Jan 1988–04 Feb 1988
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Mar 1992–12 Apr 1992
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Nov 2007–03 Feb 2008
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 22 Feb 2008–18 May 2008
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 06 Jun 2008–31 Aug 2008
An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 27 Aug 2011–30 Oct 2011
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Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
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Brian Adams, Sidney Nolan: such is life, Melbourne, 1987, 254. NOTE: General reference.
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Mark Baker., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Nolan walks a silken road to eternity', Sydney, 08 Oct 1983, unknown.
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David Dolan., Silk Route, 'Silken surprises', Canberra, 1987. cat.no. 22; not paginated
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Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sir Sidney Nolan, Sydney, 1988. cat.no. 42
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Sandra McGrath., The Weekend Australian, 'Nolan's love affair with China', Sydney, 07 Mar 1981-08 Mar 1981, unknown.
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Barry Pearce., Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, 'Preface', Sydney, 1991, (illus.). not paginated
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Barry Pearce, Frances Lindsay, Lou Klepac and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Sidney Nolan, 'Late works 1981-88', pg. 214-227, Sydney, 2007, 60, 61, 214 (colour illus., detail), 215, 218 (colour illus.), 239, 251. cat.no. 110
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Ann Proudfoot, An expanded view: the Mary Turner Collection at Orange Regional Gallery, 'An expanded view', pg. 5-23, Orange, 2011, 19, 121.
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T.G. Rosenthal, Sidney Nolan, London, 2002, 295. NOTE: General reference.
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Susanna Short., The Age, 'Nolan finds serenity in barbarian desert art', Melbourne, 19 Sep 1983, unknown.
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The Silk Road: An exhibition of new paintings by Sir Sidney Nolan, Hong Kong, 1987. not paginated; no catalogue list
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