Charles Blackman celebrates 80th birthday

(Thursday 14 August 2008)

Artist Charles Blackman celebrates his 80th birthday with a collection of over 100 unseen works at Mossgreen Gallery in South Yarra.

Blackman is recognised for his often provocative images of femininity, childhood and fear.

"People say, 'It doesn't make sense!"' says Blackman. "I say, 'Nothing ever does when you make pictures'. What you do, is you use your imagination. That is what good drawing means to me."

"There is nothing really mysterious about a Blackman painting -- only something very, very rare, for he is the most truly tender and warm-hearted of our contemporary Australian painters. By some trait of personality, he has been able to preserve a child's sensitivity to people and objects" explains James Gleeson.

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