Auguste Blackman 'Dead Ringers' warm tones A sense of foreboding percolates

A sense of foreboding percolates

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The former was a prominent figure in Australian Modernism

nuanced and pop arty

when his international career was well under way

Auguste Blackman 'Dead Ringers' warm tones A sense of foreboding percolatesLike Barbara Blackman to Charles, the faces populating Women (the series from which this work stems) are Auguste Blackmans muses. They continue a longtime art historical interest in the feminine, placing, as the artist states iconic heads of women foremost. There are echoes of Pablo Picassos cubist portraits, Henri Matisses bliss and his father Charles Blackmans bittersweet. This work is a reflection of Augustes upbringing shepherded by a vibrant