Sidney Nolan’s Riverbend, 1964-65 is a monumental nine panel work showing Ned Kelly eluding police within a snaking Australian river landscape.

Made during the artist’s ANU Fellowship in 1964-65, the work is usually on display in the Drill Hall Gallery at the Australian National University.

This new presentation is a rare opportunity to see the work in dialogue with CMAG’s Nolan Collection, in particular Kelly in Bush, 1945. The pairing of the works – made just under 20 years apart invites consideration of Nolan’s longstanding engagement with the Kelly myth and articulations of the Australian landscape.