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.


01 May 2018

Changing The Way We See Art


NGV WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SEMINAR 2018
INFLUENCERS : 

THE PEOPLE CHANGING THE WAY WE SEE ART
WITH HOST ALI MOORE

WED 23 MAY, 9.30AM–12.30PM
NGV INTERNATIONAL
CLEMENGER BBDO AUDITORIUM (ENTER NORTH ENTRANCE, VIA ARTS CENTRE FORECOURT)
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Every year, the NGV Women’s Association Seminar focuses on a collection area of the NGV. In 2018, Australian journalist and broadcaster Ali Moore will lead a panel of Australia’s most influential art leaders as they discuss the changing ways we see art, both what we view and how we see it. This event will allow you to hear insights into the often provocative and always stimulating Australian art scene. Join Ali and this dynamic group of influencers from the art world for an illuminating morning.

Anita Archer – Art Consultant and PhD Researcher of Global Art Markets
Jane Clark – Senior Research Curator of MONA
Adrian Doyle – Director of Blender Studios and Melbourne Street Art Tours
Charles Justin – Director of Justin Art House Museum
Simon Mordant AM – Chair of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and philanthropist
Professor Sally Smart – Artist and current Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne


 Yayoi Kusama 
 Flower obsession 2017 (detail). 
 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 
 Purchased, NGV Women’s Association, 2017 
 © Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc., 
     courtesy OTA Fine Arts, Tokyo.

Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA