Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism Offset photolithograph on paper

Offset photolithograph on paper

the figure dissolves and reforms within a field of graphic flowers and symbolic fragments

'Hunter Valley Morning' 1995

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Aspden's importance to the evolution of Australian abstract movement had been recognised by numerous awards and prizes

Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism Offset photolithograph on paperFrom the 1950s, Charles Blackman began experimenting with a different kind of composition. Rather than a single image, he split the field into vignettes or window thoughts. These smaller images would relate to one another, serving as postcards from the artist to the viewer. This intimate aspect carries through to Alices House, an original screenprint that places Lewis Carrolls classic under new light. The storys drama hangs in twelve fragments, some