bLOGOS/HA HA: Vale Ania Walwicz

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.

03 November 2020

Vale Ania Walwicz

Ania Walwicz (1951-2020) was a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, prose writer and visual artist. - Wikipedia

1985 Ania Walwicz portrait by Julie Joy Clarke

We first met in 1974 at the Victorian College of the Arts. Ania had the quiet charisma of someone with serious intent. Always interesting to talk with, over tea at her 9 Cremorne Street house, Fitzroy, doubly so with her learned father at the Black Cat.

It is touching, these decades later, to read the many tributes to Ania and her art practice. Here are some of those :

Koraly Dimitraidis has established a Facebook group

The Ania Walwicz Fan Club : "It’s been ridiculous!"

to remember Ania.

Hi everyone, this is newly formed group to honour our beloved Ania Walwicz who was taken too early from this planet.

Please share your experiences, photos, stories of her, or any news about her here, and we will keep you informed of any updates also. If you could include any dates on your photos or events that would be great, and as we are also trying to piece together her final months, please let us know if you did see or talk to her.

She told her trusted friend, Helen, that she would want written on her epitaph "It's been ridiculous" which is why we have chosen this name for the group.

RIP Ania, darling, treasure, inspirer, gentle soul. She was taken too early on September 29th, 2020 age 69. She was born on the 19th of May 1951.

Vale Ania Walwicz: ‘There Are No Rules’
by Koraly Dimitraidis, Meanjin, 13 October 2020

Australian poet Ana Walwicz: the loss of an infinite talent
by Jane Sullivan, THE AGE, 30 October 2020

Vale Ania Walwicz
by George Dunford, ArtsHub, Monday 12 October, 2020

Remembering Ania Walwicz

by Robert Nowak, St. Arnaud Books, October 2020

Spoken Word - Vale Ania Walwicz
3CR, 15 October 2020

Ania Walwick : Public Guestbook : Tributes

THE AGE, 29 September 2020

Ania Walwicz

Wikipedia

Ania Walwicz

Ania's own website

From our files, this hand-written invite from December 1979, on the back of an exhibition announcement card from Art Projects gallery.

Ania Walwicz, The Watcher, 1973

Ania Walwicz, Doomsday, 1979

By the time of her 1983 exhibition at Art Projects, Ania's imagery was clearer, simplified and more direct, more like those above from her own website. For future reference, the 1983 works would likely be documented in the Art Projects archive.