Charles Blackman 'The Interior' fantastical

Charles Blackman 'The Interior' fantasticalCharles Blackmans The Interior is a haunting work. It sees a ghostly figure bend towards a window, behind which sits a vase of flowers. The symbolism is rich. Interiors evoke ones inner world, stripes recall a jail cell, flowers embody mortality and windows speak to the psychic distance one can feel from their surroundings. The Interior was created in 1966 when Blackman returned home after living in London for five years. It gives form to the feeling

Signed: Lower right J Edward

Rosendale has exhibited regularly across Melbourne

with unsparing awe Charles pays homage to her - finding Barbara safe beneath her quilt as she ventures into the world of dreams

During the European Renaissance

Signed: Signed by the artist

bleaching it to black and white image and adding Hebrew lettering

For the framed variant

'Luna Park 8' 2015

and works on paper

the painting was hastily re-accepted

Feted during his lifetime

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