John Olsen 'Monkey' Printmaking ‘The Mime – A Tribute

‘The Mime – A Tribute to Marcel’ (1981) is a luminous example of Constance Stokes’ modernist style

he appears part of the granite – an earthly formation as natural as the rockface he stands beneath

this richly coloured

the encounter symbolises change – Alice

dancing through the city

John Olsen 'Monkey' Printmaking ‘The Mime – A TributeIn this hand signed archival pigment print, John Olsen presents us with monkey business. More an assemblage sculpture than a zoological drawing, this monkey has the face of an echidna, a halo and thin blue line flowing from its shoulder. It hurtles towards abstraction, a reminder that life and lifeforms are never static. For Olsen, monkeys too are a reminder that humour and delight are not confined to the human experience, but living too at these