Charles Blackman 'Orpheus - The Mirror' earth tones With a bold spectrum of

With a bold spectrum of colour

It also speaks to something more profound

more musical than visual – an operatic meditation on form itself

his approach to life and art represented an affront to the status quo

Charles Blackman 'Orpheus - The Mirror' earth tones With a bold spectrum ofFate, love and death Charles Blackman's The Mirror tells the tale of Orpheus. Originally an ancient Greek myth, his version references Jean Cocteau's film of same name which utilizes mirrors. This story begins with a song. The son of Apollo and Calliope, Orpheus is endowed with miraculous musical ability. An artist through and through, he falls head over heels for Eurydice and they spontaneously wed. Soon after however, she is bitten by a snake and