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.


28 July 2019

The Execution of Moon Boy by the Citizens Committee of Melbourne


after :
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade 
(Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade), 
usually shortened to Marat/Sade 
pronounced [ma.ʁa.sad]
a 1963 play by Peter Weiss.



NGA Online Label :
Sidney Nolan
Carlton, Victoria, Australia 1917 – London, England 1992


Boy and the moon

 

c.1939-40

Alternate title
Moonboy
Place made
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Materials & Technique
paintings, oil on canvas, mounted on composition board
Primary insc
No inscriptions
Dimensions
73.3 h x 88.2 w cm
framed (overall) 80.1 h x 95 w x 3 d cm
Acknowledgement
Purchased 1976
Accession no
NGA 76.560
Image rights
© Sidney Nolan Trust


 NGV Online Label :


    
 Label        Title          detail
                                    A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
                                    someone looks at something...

                                    LOGOS/HA HA
                                    ] Execution of Moon Boy 
                                    by the Citizens Committee of Melbourne (

                  Medium    A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
                                    someone looks at something...
                                    CULTURAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION

                  Date          - 20 June 2019 -

                  Artist        Theatre of the Actors of Regard