Rainforest Charles Blackman text by Al Alvarez For in picturing themselves artists

For in picturing themselves artists reveal something far deeper than their own physical looks: the truth about how they hope to be viewed by the world

Language: English

Rachel Cusk

ISBN-13: 978-0713907926

Behind them is the same lyric impulse that sustains all his best work: 'It's like getting a quick image of something in a dark cave' he said

Rainforest Charles Blackman text by Al Alvarez For in picturing themselves artistsAlvarez, Al (Charles Blackman, illus.) Rainforest Macmillan, Melbourne Vic., 1988 Hardcover . 'By nature, Blackman is a lyric artist who tends to work fast and to rely a great deal on his technical virtuosity. The rainforest paintings, however, are different. He told me he had painted them in one long burst, but only after a five year gestation period, and each had taken him weeks, not days, to complete. Behind them is the same lyric impulse that