The Ned Kelly story was painted in 1946-47 by Sidney Nolan, the most famous of all Australian artists. Nolan's cycle of twenty-seven paintings depicts the exploits of Australia's legendary Victorian-era outlaw, Ned Kelly, and his gang. An essay by Andrew Sayers, curator at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, discusses Nolan's debt to the art of Henri Rousseau and his involvement with the both the Australian landscape and the myths surrounding Kelly." -- Back cover
Exhibition catalogue accompanying an exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art. 3 essays discuss the experimental nature of the formative work of Australian modernist painter Sidney Nolan. 1 essay discusses an intervention in the exhibition by Madrid-based contemporary Australian artist Narelle Jubelin which responds to Nolan's famous Moonboy motif.
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