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.
During COVID lockdown, we've been re-reading some Australian art criticism. (Part 5)
Graeme Sturgeon, 'Opening of another season'
The Australian, 5 March 1980
Art Projects was on the top floor of Henderson House, 566 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne :
- the office was through the two windows top left,
- the smaller room exhibition space was through the two top centre windows,
- the large room exhibition space was through the two windows top right
To see a scale model of Art Projects large room with its continuing meta-exhibition* click here *coincidental with Imants Tillers' 'Two Descriptions of the Same Moment'
images courtesy AAA_Art Archive Australia
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