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.
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The underrecognized Black ceramist made tiny “weed pots”
in the 1960s and ’70s that are seen today on a fresh pedestal.
- Jonathan Griffin in the New York Times, 29 July 2020
Mr. Lane had strong support from Black art dealers and from architects, and now has a growing audience among collectors.
[ Ben Serar ]
The Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow at the gallery
with some of Mr. Lane’s tiny pots.
[ Rozette Rago for The New York Times ]
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