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Classic and neoclassic canons hardly apply when ganja or hashish, i.e. cannabis indica—the inspiring missed the boat. And I said, But look how many of
the art exhibit, the poem, the music, the play or moondrink of Indra—to be identified perhaps with the those boats have sunk.'
painting, consist of nothing but the critics invited for classic haoma or soma? Agehananda Pharati Of Duchamp's Nude descending a staircase: 'They
the occasion—they apply progressively less and less actually refers to LSD as producing an 'emotive called it an explosion in a shingle factory. But they
when there in only the one critic—when the verse- approximation to ecstasy'. were the iconoclasts.'
music-sculpture is the critic locked out of the exhi- Yours sincerely,
bition room—when it is an object to be entirely identi- dsh Measures against forgeries
fied by the critic himself—when his choice of art- Prinknash Abbey, The ruling in May by the Art Dealers Association of
object is himself as choosing it—or when it is every- Gloster
America that forty-four paintings sold to the Texan
thing in the cosmos other than that—or when it is the
Art Nouveau collector Algur Meadows by a French dealer were
cosmos including that. These surely are the sort of forgeries, and, the claim made by the Comité Pro-
Dear Sir,
rejections art is coming to be about now and they fessionel des Galeries d'Art that certain works by
I suggest Mr Gordon re-read my book again, since
make perfectly good Tantric sense. 'Derain exhibited in a Left Bank gallery were of
in my copy page 58 never mentions Beardsley in
Finally, may I say I am not very sure if I fully under- 'doubtful' authenticity are likely to result in more
connection with the Kelmscott Press or, indeed, at
stand Dr Eng's objection to the reference Mr Souza stringent French regulations covering the attribu-
made to Timothy Leary: the League for Spiritual all. Moreover, if Professor Gordon reads books front tion of modern works. Hitherto the heirs of an artist
to back, instead of back to front, he will find that on
Discovery is certainly not a substitute for or equivalent or recognized experts have constituted the final court
page 40, I categorically state both in the caption and
to the Tantric exploration of inner space, but is an of appeal. As a spokesman of the Comité has pointed
authentic and in many cases successful search for in the text that Beardsley's Morte d'Arthur was com- out, however, a widow may be aged, or a second or
missioned and published by J. M. Dent: '... he
that space and as such I consider it part of that third wife, and may be unfamiliar with her late hus-
[Beardsley] never won Morris's admiration and it was
'repristinization' Dr Eng spoke about so lucidly in the band's oeuvre, while an expert on Canaletto or Rem-
contribution he made to DIAS immediately before my John Dent who commissioned his Morte d'Arthur.' brandt may be anything but an expert on Chagall or
Yours faithfully,
own paper on apophatism as the art of art-destruc- Vlaminck.
tion. In that respect would even have something of Mario Amaya
the same anticipatory effect as the fourteenth and London, S.W.10 In other magazines
antepenultimate item in the preparatory rite of Professor Gordon writes:
Tantric union with the shakti or yum: the taking 6f In my copy of Mr Amaya's book, Art Nouveau, Opus International
what is called vijaya (victory giver), that, is bhang Dutton Vista Picturebooks, 1966 the opening sentence A new French quarterly, Opus International is edited
of page 58 begins thus: by Jean-Clarence Lambert and published by Georges
The fine art books of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated Fall. The magazine deals largely with the 'sociology'
by Burne-Jones, Morris and Beardsley... of the arts, and casts a wide net. In the first issue
74 years ago I am now, however, interested to find from a copy of three articles by critics discuss the relative import-
the reprint of this book, from the same publishers, ance/unimportance of Paris as a contemporary art
and dated 1967, that Mr Amaya has admitted error, centre; Gassiot-Talbot writes on Samuel Buri; Jean-
and changed that sentence to read: Clarence Lambert writes on Kujawski; and there are
The fine art books of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated contributions from Alain Jouffroy and Jean-Jacques
by Burne-Jones, Morris, and others.... Leveque. Price per issue: 7.50Fr./US$1.95.
Yours faithfully,
D. J. Gordon New journal on art and technology
University of Reading, An international congress under the title of 'Visions
Berks. of the Present' was held in Stockholm, in the autumn
of 1966, under the auspices of FYLKINGEN, an
Post-war paintings in churches organization for experimental art. Artists, scientists
Dear Sir, and technicians took part in the discussions. Some of
I am compiling a handlist of post-war paintings in the lectures given at the congress are appearing in
churches in Britain and I would be most grateful for the first number of FYLKINGEN International Bulletin,
any help (e.g. photographs, measurements, literature, a new publication devoted to art and modern tech-
press cuttings, correspondence or records relating to nology, which is being printed in English, French and
commissions or briefs given to artists) which your German. (Price in the U.K.: 7s.)
readers might be kind enough to give me.
Sincerely yours, Sending-in dates
(Reverend) T. Devonshire-Jones
Sir, Portsmouth College Edinburgh Open 100—final date for sending-in of entry
I don't think photography has had any influence of Technology, forms (open to all artists working in the U.K. and
upon modern art at all. Eire) is July 28. Exhibition secretary: Dr Jean Russell,
Portsmouth,
The use of photographs by artists, however, is a very Hampshire. c/o Richard Demarco Gallery, 8 Melville Crescent,
different matter, and I do not propose to give away the Edinburgh 3.
tricks of the trade. By refraining I have no doubt I shall Man Ray's birthday Northampton Today—sending-in dates August 1-5.
receive the silent blessings of the multitude of duffers A gathering in Paris recently celebrated Man Ray's Secretary: W. H. Girling, 'The Paddocks', Spratton,
among whom I find myself. 77th birthday. Among the guests were Marcel Northampton. The Selection Committee is composed
Yours truly, Duchamp, Sir Roland Penrose and Patrick Waldberg. of Peter Cannon Brookes, Terence Mullaly, and John
Joseph Pennell According to reports, Man Ray recalled Duchamp's Hutton.
From a correspondence on the subject of 'Is the arrival in America, when Duchamp's knowledge of
camera the friend or foe of art?' In brief
English was confined to 'love' and 'yes'—which, said
Man Ray, was fine on the tennis court: Man Ray would An exhibition at Dartington College of Arts, Totnes
The September issue call out 'love', and Duchamp would shout 'yes' from (until August 5) commemorates forty years of patron-
The issue will include coverage on the artists— the other side of the net. age of the arts by Dartington, and recalls the asso-
Jeremy Moon, John Furnival, Ian Stephenson, Barry Among pearls reportedly dropped by Man Ray at the ciation of Bernard Leach, Willi Soukop, Mark Tobey,
Flanagan, Mark Boyle, Colin Self and Michael Sandie party: Kurt Jooss and many others.
— chosen to represent British painting and sculpture Dada 'goes back to Aristophanes' and was 'the Bradford City Art Gallery is planning a print biennale.
at this autumn's Biennale des Jeunes in Paris; repro- pursuit of liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Liberty
ductions of some hitherto unrecorded drawings by is harder, but pleasure demands a certain reck- Exhibition posters from the U.K., Holland, France,
Malevitch; and an article on Negret, the Colombian lessness.' Japan and other countries are being shown at Ply-
sculptor, by Donald Hall. Of his own career: 'They told me so often that I mouth Arts Centre (38 Looe Street)—until July 22.