James Gleeson Australian, 1915-2008
Only the Psychic has Reality, 1976

£6,000

Charcoal, ink and ink wash, and collage on paper
Signed and dated (lower right)
70 × 51 cm (78 × 59 cm framed)

An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By the late 60’s, Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own homosexuality. In keeping with the Freudian principles of surrealism, he composed works which, he said, symbolized the inner workings of the human mind.