Michael Leunig 'Catkin' mid century modernism He melds the erotic and

He melds the erotic and foreign

printed directly from the original plates

Crayon on paper

Hall finds a compelling portrait

” serves as a metaphor for both exposure and concealment

Michael Leunig 'Catkin' mid century modernism He melds the erotic andMichael Leunig was an iconic Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet, best known for his cartoons published in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Spanning the political, cultural and philosophical, his visual world was at once tender and perceptive, forever preoccupied with the idea of a sacred inner life. In this quintessential Leunig etching, a curious hybrid form unfurls from a field of vivid orange. Part person, part cat,