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Theme: Cities & Suburbs Artist: Charles BLACKMAN Birth/Death: 1928 Title: Running home Credit Line: Purchased from the Founding Donor fund 1985 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra This is a disconcerting painting. The corner shop, with its dramatic advertising billboards promoting tobacco products, dominates the composition. However, the girl attracts our attention as she runs t away from some unseen danger. She has a shadow; the shop does not. This sense of menace is characteristic of Blackman’s painting. Running home was painted in 1954. Earlier in the 1950s Blackman painted a series based on uniformed schoolgirls, where he explored their vulnerability within an alienating urban setting. More details Click image to enlarge