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 June 2014

West Space Fundraiser 2014

    
Opening : Tuesday 17 June 2014, 6-9pm
_ Patrons Preview 4-6pm
Featuring a special performance by Pamela
(Jon Campbell, Minna Gilligan & Georgina Glanville)
Exhibition dates : Four days : 18 June - 21 June 2014 12-6pm
West Space : Level 1, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne
      
Exhibiting artists in 2014 :
Adam Cruickshank | Adam J Cullen | Akira Akira | Alasdair McLuckie | Alex Vivian | Amy May Stuart | Anastasia Klose | Andre Piguet | Andrew Hazewinkel | Andy Hutson | Anna Higgins | Annie Wu | Arlo Mountford | Avni Dauti | Baden Pailthorpe | Ben Sheppard | Benjamin Lichenstein | Brigit Ryan | Bryan Spier | Charles O’Loughlin | Charlie Sofo | Christopher L G Hill | Christian Capurro | Christopher Sciuto | Colleen Ahern | Damiano Bertoli | Dan Moynihan | Danae Valenza | Daniel Price | Daniel Stephen Miller | Darren Sylvester | David van Royen | Dell Stewart | Dom Redfern | Drew Pettifer | Elizabeth Newman | Emily Ferretti | Emily Floyd | Eric Demetriou | Esther Stewart | Fleur Summers | Geoff Robinson | George Egerton-Warburton | Glenn Walls | Grant Nimmo | Hamishi Farah | Helen Johnson | Holly Willson | Ieuan Weinman | Irene Hanenbergh | Isadora Vaughan | Jacqui Shelton | Jess Johnson | Jessie Bullivant | John Nixon | Jon Campbell | Jonas Ropponen | Jordan Marani | Joshua Stevens | Julian Smith | Kain Picken | Kate Daw | Kate Just | Kay Abude | Kenny Pittock | Kerrie Poliness | Kez Hughes | Kiera Brew Kurec | Kieran Boland | Kieran Stewart | Kiron Robinson | Kirra Jamison | Kit Wise | Laith McGregor | Lane Cormick | Laura Delaney | Leanne Hermosilla | Lillian O’Neil | Linda Tegg | Lisa Radford | Lou Hubbard | Lyndal Walker | Madeline Kidd | Masato Takasaka | Max Creasy | Meredith Turnbull | Merryn Lloyd | Michael Graeve | Michael Prior | Michelle James | Minna Gilligan | Nat Thomas | Natalie Ryan | Nathan Gray | Nick Selenitsch | Nick Waddell | Nicole Breedon | Oscar Perry | Oscar Yanez | Patrick Pound | Peter Tyndall | Pip Ryan | Raafat Ishak | Renee Cosgrave | Richard Giblett | Richard Lewer | Rohan Schwartz | Ross Coulter | Rowan McNaught | Ry Haskings | Salote Tawale | Sam George | Sangeeta Sandrasegar | Sanne Mestrom | Sarah CrowEST | Saskia Doherty | Scarlett Rowe | Scott Miles | Scott Mitchell & Saskia Schut | Sean Bailey | Sean Peoples | Sharon Goodwin | Simon MacEwan | Stephen Giblett | Sue Dodd | Susan Jacobs | Tai Snaith | Taree Mackenzie and Ronen Becker | Tim Hillier | Toby Pola | Tom Nicholson | Tom Polo | Tony Garifalakis | Torie Nimmervoll | Tully Moore | Veronica Kent | Viv Miller | Vivian Cooper Smith | Zoë Croggon
        
Iris Clert posing on top of an exhibition by the artist Arman titled le Plein

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