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.


19 December 2020

KNULP 2020 ONLINE FUNDRAISER TODAY




KNULP ONLINE FUNDRAISER / SATURDAY DECEMBER 19

This year - out of an abundance of caution - the annual KNULP fundraiser is moving online. 


Join us today from 4pm (Sydney/AEDT) for a live fundraiser on Instagram @ knulpknulpknulp, with works by 40+ contributing artists. 


Each work will be offered at a set price (between $100 - $1000) and the first person to comment ‘SOLD’ will win the piece. 


With enormous thanks to all of our contributing artists:

Hany Armanious

Stuart Bailey

Dylan Batty

Neil Beedie

Tom Blake

Belle Blau

Maggie Brink

Mitch Cairns

Consuelo Cavaniglia

Carla Cescon

Mitchel Cumming

Scott Donovan

Mikala Dwyer

Liam Garstang 

Alex Gawronski 

Sarah Goffman

Michelle Hanlin

Elise Harmsen

Patrick Hartigan 

Shane Haseman

Jesse Hogan

M P Hopkins

Ronnie van Hout

Emily Hunt

Andrew Hurle

Geoff Kleem

Jonathan M Kopinski

Mary MacDougall

Jason Markou 

Rose Nolan

Vicki Papageorgopolous

Luke Parker

Tanya Peterson

Jason Phu

Elizabeth Pulie

Robert Pulie 

Zoe M Robertson

Koji Ryui

Paul Saint

Maria Smit

Nicola Smith

Charlie Sofo

Nick Strike 

Jelena Telecki

David Thompson 

Philipa Veitch 

Justene Williams

Louise Zhang