Canute the Conservator
Canute the King,
Patron of the Conserved Thing,
On a Tour of Royal Holdings
Glanced within his Golden Mouldings.
Seeing there some canvas bare,
some cracked, some ripped, some rotten,
Commanded all “Death Must Be Stalled
Or Else Our Time Forgotten.”
To stop the Rot
He cast his Lot
‘Gainst Light and Breath and Dust:
To Paintings, first, he offered Night,
bid “Fix your Eyes against the Light.”
To Viewers next he set this Hex
“Go Cease your Fogging Blight.”
and last, not least, to Dust released
one word, just this:
“Desist”
FIAPCE -1995-
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From the Collection of Holes, here's a scroll worthy of any conservator's regard. What a ripper! As well as the holes and other breakthroughs, note also the formal frame-incorporated hanging supports. Familiar?
collection : FIAPCE
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA