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.


20 December 2017

TAR gaze


Perspectives on art and feminism 
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Melbourne
15 Dec 2017–25 Mar 2018
 
Nat and Ali | Hayley Arjona | Gillian Armstrong | Atong Atem | Cigdem Aydemir | Ali Gumillya Baker | Frances Barrett | Archie Barry | Vivienne Binns | Hannah Brontë | Madison Bycroft | Barbara Campbell | Sadie Chandler | Barbara Cleveland | Essie Coffey | Lip Collective | Megan Cope | Emma-Kate Croghan | Kate Daw | Linda Dement | Narelle Desmond | Sue Dodd | Kelly Doley | Hannah Donnelly | Mikala Dwyer | Jackie Wolf aka Jackie Farkas | Emily Floyd and Mary Featherston | Hissy Fit | Fiona FoleyDestiny Deacon and Virginia FraserSarah Goffman | Elizabeth GowerHelen Grace | Natalie Harkin | Sandra Hill | Another Planet Posters Inc. | Soda Jerk | Jillposters | Lyndal Jones | Kate Just | Deborah Kelly | The Kingpins | Maria Kozic | LEVEL | Samantha Lang | Eugenia Lim | Linda Marrinon | Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley | Megan McMurchy | Spence Messih | Tracey Moffatt | Margot Nash | Ann Newmarch | Claudia Nicholson | Técha Noble | Margot Oliver | Ruth O’Leary | Monica Pellizzari | Frances (Budden) Phoenix | Patricia Piccinini | Art Theory Productions | FRAN FEST Poster Project | The Cross Art Projects | Elizabeth Pulie | Clare Rae | Hannah Raisin | Virginia Fraser and Elvis Richardson | Alex Martinis Roe | Jacinta Schreuder | Tai Snaith | Linda Sproul | Giselle Stanborough | Embittered Swish | Desiree Tahiri | Sophie Takách | Salote Tawale | Natalie Thomas | Jeni Thornley | Lyndal Walker | Sarah Watt | Shevaun Wright

installation view photo by Jacqui Shelton 


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