David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
Behind Isidore Isou, in this 1951 photo, are the magazines SEE, LOOK and POST. It could be the prescription for this bLOG.
"Fondé en 1945 par Isidore Isou (1925-2007), le lettrisme s'est imposé dans un moment de l'histoire universelle comme le seul mouvement révolutionnaire après le dadaïsme et le surréalisme. Ami de Tristan Tzara, père spirituel de Guy Debord, Isidore Isou proclame la destruction de la poésie à mot au profit d'une esthétique basée sur la lettre et le signe." ...
lelettrisme.com
Letter-winged Kite
Elanus scriptus Gould, 1842.
Elanus inscriptus Gould, 1842.
Elanus scriptus victorianus Mathews, 1917.
"The Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) is a small, rare and irruptive Australian raptor with a core range in central Australia. It is similar in appearance to the Black-shouldered Kite except for a very distinctive black underwing pattern of a shallow ‘M’, seen when in flight."
As depicted by
John Gould :
And, by our Artist-In-Residence,
Letter-winged shallow M(ind) of a certain Regardafter Yves Klein and in the manner
lettrism :
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Continuing the theme of recent posts is this 1895 portrait of Vincent Van Gogh by Lucien
Métivet.
Published in the magazine
Le Rire (
Laughter) only five years after Vincent's death, the artist has already entered into myth.
detail
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Oh, so slow! Of course...
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void)
by Yves Klein
at Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses
October 1960
photomontage by Harry Shunk
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From Which Cometh
&
To Which Returneth
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On
March 18 we made reference to the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Here's another.
"Et moi?
Peut-être que je suis son grand-père."
(1880s)
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bLOGOS/HA HA has tested our own
whole new way of looking at art.
Following closely Eric Satie's prescription for Vexations
"Pour se jouer 840 fois de suite ce motif, il sera bon de se préparer au préalable, et dans le plus grand silence, par des immobilités sérieuses."
(In order to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities.)
last night a team of 840 one-by-one performed
Vexatious monoLOGOS/HA HA
(whole new way of looking at art)
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someone looks at something ...
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( x 840 )
to a select audience of Art Cult notables.
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Song Sung Blue
Who would have thought so few(Neil Diamond meets Samuel Beckett meets Yves Klein)
"Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice"
Sing it now
Sing it loud
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who would have thought so few
two and a half million seconds
who would have thought so few?...
thirty thousand nights
who would have thought so few?
from A Piece of Monologue
by Samuel Beckett
A whole new way
of looking at art :
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"The work is notable for its convincing rendering of a pose where violent motion and sudden stillness meet, for its graceful balance ...
is seen as an iconic depiction of triumphant spirit and of the divine momentarily coming face to face with man. The power of the work is enhanced, to many people, by the very fact that the head and arms are missing."
Still Life (2009) by Ron Mueck
@ National Gallery of Victoria (International) until 18 April 2010
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
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Melbourne's favorite unfixed Public Projection-Space summons forth another page
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
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