Charles Blackman 'Mythological Fish' abstract art blind embossed with the Blackman

blind embossed with the Blackman seal

At once about the alchemy of paper

is inspired by the eponymous novel by Japanese author Jonichiro Tanizaki

with both elongated into evocations of poetry

Charles Blackman 'Mythological Fish' abstract art blind embossed with the BlackmanCharles Blackmans Mythological Fish is a wonderfully unusual work. It is long and narrow, an indigo sarcophagus for its subject. Blackman playfully deconstructs a mermaid, picturing her as half woman, half fish food. Throughout his oeuvre, Blackman recurrently turned to the theme of transformation. Butterflies are ever present, as is Alice in her coming of age tumble through Wonderland. In Mythological Fish, transformation remains a theme. In her