tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post206372940049921402..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: The Louvre of the PebblePliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-22995133157023143492015-02-25T10:19:19.051+00:002015-02-25T10:19:19.051+00:00After 25 years of family holidays, our house groan...After 25 years of family holidays, our house groans beneath the accumulated weight of rocks, pebbles and fossils. As a potential change of location approaches, a dilemma arises: what on earth to do with them?<br /><br />Struan Gray -- a British academic working in Sweden -- wrote this about pebble-collecting in Scotland a while ago:<br /><br />http://struangray.com/twiglog/2013/12/03/wonder/<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-15221081114587639522015-02-22T12:33:35.993+00:002015-02-22T12:33:35.993+00:00Thanks - yes Abrioux is an essential book!
The bu...Thanks - yes Abrioux is an essential book!<br /><br />The business of collecting stones and pebbles is a fascinating one. I mentioned <a href="http://some-landscapes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cold-mountain.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> a while back that the painter Brice Marden now owns some Chinese scholars' rocks. These natural objects have thus accrued a double layering of cultural significance. Would the fact that a humble pebble had been in Kettle's Yard confer value on it? Do they have an accurate record of all their pebbles? All bags have to be left at the entrance... <br /><br />I've been to three friends' flats/houses in the last month. Two have pebbles on display, directly inspired by Kettle's Yard. At the other one, we were discussing the fact that the shelves have been temporarily denuded of found objects while my friend does a short academic posting in Leeds. In relocating she was asked by the man helping her move in what was so heavy in one of her bags. "It's my collection of Scottish river stones" she explained.Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-90456767606132406572015-02-21T09:59:59.818+00:002015-02-21T09:59:59.818+00:00I had assumed there was some deeply ironic, French...I had assumed there was some deeply ironic, French Revolutionary significance to "Louvre" for Finlay which I was too ignorant to pick up on... Perhaps not?<br /><br />I expect you have it, but the book "Ian Hamilton Finlay: a visual primer" by Yves Abrioux is a feast for the eye.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com