Auguste Blackman 'The Start of Spring' mid century modernism ’…and on the third day…’

’…and on the third day…’ is a visually striking work

Graeme PEEBLES (1955 - )

These works also tell of Balls time spent living and painting in America

stars or figments of Rankin’s imagination

The presence of clothing may serve to connect the spiritual and material

Auguste Blackman 'The Start of Spring' mid century modernism ’…and on the third day…’Auguste 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