Mask and Memory: Sidney Nolan (ATOM Study Guide)

Mask and Memory is a film produced and directed by Catherine Hunter based on a retrospective of Sidney Nolan's work curated by Barry Pearce that opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2007, an exhibition that travelled around the major art galleries of Australia in 2008. It is not meant to be an exhaustive portrait of Nolan's work; rather a reflection on his life and art based on the paintings exhibited in this important retrospective.

Along with Barry Pearce, the curator, and an extensive interview with Nolan himself shortly before his death in 1992, there are other significant interviews with Lady Mary Nolan, Nolan's widow; Jinx Nolan, Nolan's adopted daughter; Edmund Capon, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and personal friend; Patrick McCaughey, art historian; Janine Burke, author of many books about Heide; John Olsen, Australian artist; Jean Langley, artist and friend of John and Sunday Reed; Elizabeth Harrower, friend of Cynthia Nolan; Jo Bertini, artist; Nolan's daughter Amelda.

ATOM has also produced a study guide for Mask and Memory: Sidney Nolan. This study guide is available to download here.