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.


12 May 2021

TAR Tangambalanga to the world


The calendar hanging in our office is from 1955, from Charles E. O'Brien's Golden Crust Bakery at Tangambalanga via Berry's Antiques circa early 1980s. 

Dates come and go but this foundational image of 
regard-contact-enquiry ('WHAT'S YOUR NAME?') is always 
of the moment.

 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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And so to Art Review, 12 May 2021 : Plus ca change...

Look but Don’t Touch:   
A Guide to Naked Art History   

   Louise DarblayOpinion12 May 2021ArtReview

In a new web series, professor Hortense Belhôte undresses ten classics from the history of painting: artworks rife with sexual innuendo and erotic tension

© Kazak Productions  
 Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA