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.
Striking Vignettes Illustrate the Influence
of Africa and Oceania on Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art
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Chaim Soutine,
La femme en rouge.
Estimate $6,000,000–8,000,000.
Iatmul Hook Figure,
Blackwater River Region,
Middle Sepik River,
East Sepik Province,
Papua New Guinea.
Estimate $250,000–350,000.
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Tu es TAR ...
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Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram
Aedificabo Ecclesiam meam,
Et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam:
Et tibi dabo claves
Regni coelorum.
Quodcumque ligaveris super terram,
Erit ligatum et in coelis;
Et quodcumque solveris super terram
Erit solutum et in coelis.
Matthew 16:18-19
James Brunt at 2018 European stone stacking championships
Thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 16:18 King James Version
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Swanston & Flinders Sts intersection, Melbourne, 8 April 2019
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Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
- John 1 : 29
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False necessities: Is 'taste' enough to morally justify the mass slaughter of animals?
WHEN THE SCREEN SCREAMS
YOU'LL SCREAM TOO...
IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE!
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Victor Hugo
Vision of Notre-Dame, 1831
charcoal and India ink on paper
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evening of 15 April 2019
Paris
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While on this Harry Shunk sequence, here's a reworking by TAR of Shunk's 1969 portrait of Barnett Newman at Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, regarding an edition print of his Untitled Etching #2.
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Harry Shunk and János Kender (photography)
and TARpists
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thoughts arise...
This sequence ends with the image that sparked it, or rather, with the caption published under it,
A crowd...
A crowd at TEFAF Maastricht, 2018. Photo: Natascha Libbert.
1. Yves Klein leaps into the Void
2. Yves Klein surfs into a crowd (hand-stretched canvas TARp)
3. A crowd surfs the void
4. Elation (Aldous Harding)
The beauty is so close to me
The beauty is so close to me
A crowd at TEFAF Maastricht, 2018. Photo: Natascha Libbert.
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