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.


24 March 2021

TARists of/f The Field


 Vesta II (1968) by Paul Partos : exhibited in/on The Field (NGV, 1968) 
Lot 1065
Leonard Joel : Daytime auction, Thursday 25 March 2021
*Please note that The Auction Salon will take place online only with no physical auction attendance on Thursday 25 March

ROBERT (BOB) JENYNS, CRICKET PITCH AND OVAL, PAINTED METAL SCULPTURE (17H x 296W x 161D CM) (PLEASE NOTE THIS HEAVY ITEM MUST BE REMOVED BY CARRIERS AT THE CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE. LEONARD JOEL STAFF CANNOT ASSIST CARRYING THIS ITEM) (X-LARGE ITEM)
Estimate $600-850

Bob Jenyns interviewed (2010-11) by Deborah Edwards,
the then senior curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, for the Balnaves Foundation Australian Sculpture Archive Project.

Vale Bob Jenyns - a brief recollection
bLOGOS/HA HA 21 November 2015


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
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