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.


22 November 2012

GOING BANANAS Vs. THE ENDLESSLY REPEATING TITLE

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I eat the same thing every night...  food!

- Non Epicurious
   
"Don’t think you’re going bananas when you read the titles of all the works on display by Peter Tyndall at Anna Schwartz. They are all the same. Clearly concerned with the way we process visual art, this critically acclaimed Australian conceptual artist names everything ’A Person Looks At A Work Of ARt/someone looks at something… LOGOS/HA HA. When you think about it, for an artist, naming every artwork the same probably saves as much time as if you and I were to never again ponder what’s for dinner and just eat the same thing every night."

Read full article at Concrete Playground
    
  
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA 


detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA 


detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA 


detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA 

detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA