Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism Aspden's importance to the evolution

Aspden's importance to the evolution of Australian abstract movement had been recognised by numerous awards and prizes

David Rankin is among Australia’s most accomplished artists

Offset photolithograph on paper

mountains and temples can all be found in her composition

Represented in numerous public collections including at the National Gallery of Victoria

Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism Aspden's importance to the evolutionFrom the 1950s, Charles Blackman began experimenting with a different kind of composition. Rather than a single image, he split the field into vignettes or window thoughts. These smaller images would relate to one another, serving as postcards from the artist to the viewer. This intimate aspect carries through to Alices House, an original screenprint that places Lewis Carrolls classic under new light. The storys drama hangs in twelve fragments, some