Episode number 22 of Series “The Australian eye IV”.
A study of Sidney Nolan’s “Stringybark Creek”, a central part of the first Kelly Gang series. Nolan talks of his development as an abstract artist, his attitude to such conventions as perspective and gives his own definition of ‘what art is’. Discusses his fascination with the Australian landscape and with the outlaw Ned Kelly. Nolan’s earlier Melbourne paintings and others from the first Kelly Gang series are also shown.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014733
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Landscape - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Abstract
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Composition (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Perspective (Art)
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880
History → Melbourne (Vic.) - History
People → Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)