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.
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Another something of influence on the present generation of Melbourne's BLACK BATS
THOSE NATIONAL PAVILIONS! ...
JUST LIKE IN MY DREAMS!
see :
ANACHROTECTURE NOW :
An Other Australia Pavilion for Venice Biennale
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Above, with BLACK BAT umbratect at Ewing Gallery, 1984
at the exhibition ARCHITECTURA PICTA _ curator Tony Clark
From there into the Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne.
Later, rejected by the National Gallery of Victoria when Joseph Brown donated his collection to that institution. Sent to auction.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
