Auguste Blackman 'Woman with Honey Hair' surreal his work — sometimes charming

his work — sometimes charming

Leach 2010

'Sirens' 1971

Butterflies possess a dual resonance in Charles Blackman’s work

Auguste Blackman 'Woman with Honey Hair' surreal his work — sometimes charmingAuguste Blackman grew up the son of two icons: Charles and Barbara Blackman. The former was a prominent figure in Australian Modernism; a man whose Schoolgirls and Alices are embedded in our visual lexicon. The latter, Barbara Blackman, is a poet, writer, advocate and muse. By the age of twenty two she was blind, a diagnosis that at first felt like a life sentence for a crime I had not committed but in turn gave her a unique outlook on life. Like