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.


23 May 2013

Th|ink

       
To coincide with ...
    
The Beginnings and Beyond

Christie's   Hong Kong   23-27 May 2013 


     
... a few early blottings of

Australian Contemporary Th|ink
     
     

 -1973- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
(Untitled Document)
       
      

 -1973- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
(Untitled Document)
         
     

 -1975- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
[WALL CHART FOR A CHINESE OR INDIAN POST ABSTRACT-EXPRESSIONIST AESTHETIC SAVANT)
       
... and a few more recent
        
      

 -2007- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
[The Two Truths)
         
      

 -2012- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
(                   )

          
 -2012- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA
- after John Olsen(
      
       

 -2013- 
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
 
LOGOS/HA HA