Charles Blackman 'Myth' pop From A Celebration For His

From A Celebration For His Seventieth Birthday

born around 1812 on the island of Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania)

'The Guitar Maker'

his works recall the escapism of holidays - evoking in the viewer a sense of Wanderlust and nostalgia

Makara beach'

Charles Blackman 'Myth' pop From A Celebration For HisButterflies are recurrent motifs in Charles Blackmans work. They flutter through his gardens, streets and Wonderland, winking at the idea of transformation. Indeed, butterflies evolving from lowly caterpillars into flight are a utopian ideal made real. It is true that our identity is in constant movement, and our hope that it will follow the butterfly. In this exceptionally rare work, Charles Blackman uses the butterfly to express the general by the