John Olsen 'Monkey' Printmaking Part Alice in Wonderland

Part Alice in Wonderland

Like a dinosaur’s skeleton

this richly coloured

the encounter symbolises change – Alice

dancing through the city

John Olsen 'Monkey' Printmaking Part Alice in WonderlandIn 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