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.
We've had this pinned-up in the ediTARial room for decades.
Isamu Noguchi
Now, it keeps company with this :
Josh Bowes
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Theatre of the Advertisements of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Supreme Goddess as Void, with projection-space for TAR
Theatre of the Agit-tarTAR of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Theatre of the Auctions of Regard
ART : TOO BIG TO FAIL?
Imagine that the elements all suddenly
collapsed
FIAPCE -1975-
click image to enlarge
collection : Art Gallery of South Australia
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Performed in the Storm
Observed in the Calm
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
- 1976 -
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
The Gateless Gate #29
Not the Wind, Not the Flag
Two monks were arguing about a flag.
One said:
'The flag is moving.'
The other said:
'The wind is moving.'
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by.
He told them:
'Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.'
Mumon's comment : The sixth patriarch said: "The wind is not moving, the flag is not moving. Mind is moving." What did he mean? If you understand this intimately, you will see the two monks there trying to buy iron and gaining gold. The sixth patriarch could not bear to see those two dull heads, so he made such a bargain.
Wind, flag, mind moves,
The same understanding.
When the mouth opens
All are wrong.
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
- 1976 -
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
The Speech Pathologist Looks at the Tonsils and the Adenoids
First Published March 1, 1975 Research Article
Volume: 84 issue: 19_suppl, page(s): 63-66
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CONFRONTING CONTEMPORARY ART :
ABSTRACT PAINTING AND OP-ART
10.30AM SAT 17 AUG 2019
What have you always wanted to know about contemporary art, but been too afraid to ask? In this interactive seminar, Dr Mark Pennings, Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts, Queensland University of Technology, takes
a close look at the abstract paintings within the Australian Collection and mesmerising Op-Art works featured in the ‘Geometries’ exhibition.
photo : QAGOMA
Theatre of Abstract Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
Theatre of the Actors of Regard in classic tableau, below, at the Tate Modern's recently opened
ARTIST ROOMS : Ed Ruscha.
photo by Tate Photography/Oliver Cowling
photo by Tate Photography/Oliver Cowling
The TARchetype, GeniTAR Prime :
Theatre of the Archetypes of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
The deep parts of my life pour onward,
as if the river shores were opening out.
It seems that things are more like me now,
That I can see farther into paintings.
I feel closer to what language can't reach.
With my senses, as with birds, I climb
into the windy heaven, out of the oak,
in the ponds broken off from the sky
my falling sinks, as if standing on fishes.
Rainer Maria Rilke [1875-1926]
Untitled Part 1
1988
Cy Twombly
Untitled Part 9
1988
Cy Twombly
Untitled (Bassano in Teverina)
1985
Cy Twombly
Theatre of the Aquas of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
