Charles Blackman 'Butterfly Eyes' printmaking This is a metaphor for

This is a metaphor for the European colonisation of Aboriginal peoples: “Even the gift of flowers can be treacherous”

She has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne since 2009 and has been included in group exhibitions in Melbourne

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Charles Blackman 'Butterfly Eyes' printmaking This is a metaphor forButterflies are recurrent motifs in Charles Blackmans work. They flutter through his gardens, streets and Wonderland, winking at the idea of transformation. Indeed, butterflies evolving from lowly caterpillars into flight are a utopian ideal made real. It is true that our identity is in constant movement, and our hope that it will follow the butterfly. In this exceptionally rare work, Charles Blackman uses the butterfly to express the general by the