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.
NEW YORK, NY. - In 2020, French-American photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont received The Lucie Award for Achievement in Photojournalism and The Visa D’Or Award of the Figaro Magazine for Lifetime Achievement.
To celebrate those achievements, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is presenting a collection of photographs that represent the twenty five icons of his long carrier as a photo journalist in United States from November 3rd to December 12th, 2020.
For more than three decades, starting in 1964, Jean-Pierre Laffont travelled all fifty states seeking to document as wide of a range of compelling American stories, and he also photographed celebrities both French and American along with all the politicians of the times. He spent eight years at the White House as a foreign correspondent and photographed several presidents. He produced in-depth photo essays of the rise of the World Trade Center, the gangs in the Bronx, and the violence on 42nd Street.
"When I look back at the individual photographs I took during this quarter-century period, comments Jean-Pierre Laffont, the images at first seem to depict a ball of confusion… riots, demonstrations, disintegration, collapse and conflict. Taken together, the images show the chaotic, often painful, birth of the country where we live in today: 21st-century America. They do what photographs do best: freeze decisive moments in time for future examination. These photographs form a personal and historical portrait of a country I have always viewed critically but affectionately, and to which I bear immense gratitude."
Jean-Pierre Laffont attended the School of Graphic Art in Vevey, Switzerland, where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Photography. He is a founding member of the Gamma USA and Sygma Photo News agencies. His photos were published in the world's leading news magazines, including Le Figaro, London Sunday Times, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern, and Time Magazine.
- ArtDaily Newsletter: Wednesday, Nov 04 2020
Andy Warhol in his office on Union Square, 1 March 1974,
New York City. Photo by Jean-Pierre Laffont
Warhol impersonaTAR in the studio of Reg V. Brock, View Point,
Bendigo, 1952. Photo by Reg V. Brock
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Ania Walwicz (1951-2020) was a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, prose writer and visual artist. - Wikipedia
1985 Ania Walwicz portrait by Julie Joy ClarkeWe 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
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.
Wikipedia
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.
Below, from Ania Walwicz Series by Naomi Herzog.
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un-Bidden while pissing ...
this ditty of Bs
Beuys
Beckett
Boris Badenov
Boris Badenov, after all these years!
Here he is as B for blue
Mr Blue the art collector
click here to watch the full cartoon with B for Bullwinkle as the busy whitewash artist
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present1
noun
noun: present; noun: the present
1.
the period of time now occurring.
"they are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present"
2.
GRAMMAR
a present tense.
"the verbs are all in the present"
adjective
adjective: present
1.
in a particular place.
"a doctor must be present at the ringside"
existing or occurring in a place or thing.
"gases present in the atmosphere"
fully focused on or involved in what one is doing or experiencing.
"you have to put everything out of your mind and be really present"
2.
existing or occurring now.
"she did not expect to find herself in her present situation"
now being considered or discussed.
"the present article cannot answer every question"
GRAMMAR
(of a tense or participle) expressing an action now going on or habitually performed, or a condition now existing.
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noun
noun: precedent; plural noun: precedents
/ˈprɛsɪd(ə)nt/
an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
"there are substantial precedents for using interactive media in training"
adjective
adjective: precedent
/prɪˈsiːd(ə)nt,ˈprɛsɪd(ə)nt/
preceding in time, order, or importance.
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collection : FIAPCE
Rice sparrows;
Shot by the scarecrow,
They fall into the sea.
- Shiki
Eye arrows
Loosed by the scarecrowd >>>
Hail unto the See!
- TAR after Shiki
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We screen-snapped this image some while back, but didn't make notes. Was it by Ike Taiga?
It intrigues in the manner of Rene Magritte's Not to Be Reproduced (La reproduction interdite), 1937.
Today, a view from the meta-side.
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"I'm in the wrong video?!" Suicidal Tendencies
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William Robinson, Landscape 19, 1987
William Robinson, Sunset and Rising Moon, 1993
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We don't understand what's meant by we.
Abstractly speaking, we don't understand what's meant by abstraction.
Writing by Drawing. When Language Seeks Its Other
(English version)
Edited by Andrea Bellini and Sarah Lombardi
Skira editore, Milan-Paris-Geneva
English edition
June 2020
ISBN 9788857243504
Hard cover
21 × 29 cm
312 pages
PRICE
CHF 75
This morning we received an email from FontHaus promoting a new font family from Los Andes Type : Abstract
Abstract Complete Family
Abstract Light Italic
Abstract Bold Italic
Abstract Family
Abstract Regular
Abstract Bold
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