Charles Blackman 'Swoon Away in Ecstasy' Printmaking Aspden's importance to the evolution

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

Another screenprint from this edition is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia

these works were a radical departure from what was considered ‘good’ art

a study of rumination

Onus worked as a mechanic and activist

Charles Blackman 'Swoon Away in Ecstasy' Printmaking Aspden's importance to the evolutionThe poetically titled Swoon Away in Ecstasy, is provenanced from Charles Blackmans personal collection. It is a beguiling, entrancing image a flurry of eyes thrown across streaks of black. Whispered in the background is a cat, Blackmans familiar, come to play. Like an Edgar Allen Poe poem, Swoon Away in Ecstasy is darkly seductive. It will enliven collections of important works on paper and modern art, and is accompanied by a Certificate of