Charles Blackman 'Hickory Dickory Dock' still life revelling in the liminal space

revelling in the liminal space between suggestive and abstract form

deliberate compositions that while of this world

This discovery transformed Balls work

Image Size: 56 x 76 cm

Directly from Charles Blackman’s private collection

Charles Blackman 'Hickory Dickory Dock' still life revelling in the liminal spaceCharles Blackman has a penchant for storytelling. His work pivots around narrative, recounting the tales that pass through generations in his own distinct voice. The rare and original etching Hickory Dickory Dock is an example of this, taking its subject from the eponymous nursery rhyme. A rhyme about telling time, Blackman retells Hickory Dickory Dock with an air of mystery. A mouse scuttles up the clocks facade, transfigured into a face replete with