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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.

16 April 2011

Portraits On Parade

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15 April 2011

Archibald Prize Announcement : All Portraits Reckoned Void

... in which case you will judged a victim of your own mistaken identity.

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10 April 2011

Archibald Prize : Portrait Arrives After Deadline

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09 April 2011

Archibald Prize : The Final Touch

Continuing on with the Picture Arrival Ritual theme,
as reported in The Australian :

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07 April 2011

Archibald Prize : EN ROUTE POUR LE SALON DE PEINTRE

Following on from yesterday's post (Picture Arrival Ritual),
as reported in The Australian :

Below is the photo that accompanied the report.

Again it rang some very familiar old bells.

06 April 2011

Picture Arrival Ritual

The Archibald Prize for Portraiture is to Art in Australia what the Melbourne Cup is to Horse Racing. Something serious for a few,
a bit of fun for the folk.

Every year both events enter their season and we are lead through the stages.

First, the nation is informed that this year's entries are arriving: horses with prospects from Ireland, New Zealand, The Arab Emirates... and Portrait Paintings from "all over Australia".

It's that time of year again. The Archibald Cometh!

TEN News beams into our homes The Arriving of the Paintings at The Art Gallery of New South Wales.

This picture arrival ritual has been going on, here and elsewhere, for a long time...

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05 April 2011

T.A.R. to enter Archibald Portrait Prize

Theatre of the Actors of Regard
presents

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04 April 2011

found wanting

Self-Portrait

such an odd term

Locate the Self

03 April 2011

round peg

Yesterday, an archeological site of intense regard.

Today, we unearth the long-term effect.

02 April 2011

archeoLOGOS/HA HA down under

On last evening's walk with Susie-the-Dog we encountered a juggler practising his art: stepping with care, tossing and catching the traditional wooden pins and balancing on his head a globe of planet Earth.

That came back while looking at the image below in today's The Australian newspaper. A digger who made history: Geoffrey Blainey's review of 'Digging Up a Past' by John Mulvaney