Philippe Le Miere 'Alice the First-class marksman' fantastical titled and signed in margin

titled and signed in margin 7/60 Cape Schanck Makin

Humourously titled ‘Opera’

5 May - 3 June 1979

'Local Govt' 2001

'Ships at Wiliamstown'

Philippe Le Miere 'Alice the First-class marksman' fantastical titled and signed in marginPhilippe Le Mieres Alice the First class Marksman is a mash up of two icons from Australian modernism: Charles Blackmans Alice of Wonderland and Sidney Nolans Ned Kelly. Le Miere conjoins Kellys horse and body with Alices head, creating a surrealistic image. She is part centaur her head impossibly round the wrong way; things are still topsy turvy in the outback. Bright, bold and eye catching, Alice the First class Marksman invites new perspectives on