Auguste Blackman 'At Peace' seaside

Auguste Blackman 'At Peace' seasideAuguste 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

It collages forms that are anthropomorphic yet indistinct

Shaike Snir explores the concept of united opposites

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The minotaur is by nature uncontrollable

minimal and cerebral art

Image Size: 29 x 29 cm

With a career spanning over 50 years

It will transfix you

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and this holds true whether the image is quite realistic or moves into abstraction

The award winning photographer Christopher Rimmer employs the town’s decaying buildings as a visual metaphor to explore the tragedy of lost significance and the ultimate futility of human endeavour

featuring an insectile violinist performing from within a snail shell