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.


02 December 2018

The SMH Vintage Photo Archive Collection : An Online Auction via Leonard Joel


TAR | Strings Section  
The Sydney Morning Herald Vintage Photographic Archive Collection: An Online Auction is now live and presents an opportunity to acquire works by some of Australia’s most celebrated photographers, including Harold Cazneaux, Max Dupain, David Moore, Wolfgang Sievers, Jeff Carter, Olive Cotton and Carol Jerrems.

For instance :


Description: ARTIST UNKNOWN Danger Radiation 
Silver gelatin photograph 
Stamped, inscribed and dated verso 
A box marked 'Danger Radiation' block a traffic lane in Castlereagh street yesterday. It was planted as a University of N.S.W. Foundation Day stunt 
23 x 30.5 cm 

LITERATURE: 
Herald, July 8, 1970


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