File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_1997/lyotard.9705, message 16


From: cwduff-AT-alcor.concordia.ca
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 02:38:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: paralogy and the Vortex


	Hello   Pound was definitely a real friend and a very big fan of
B's and did as much as one man could at the time to help the desperate
sculptor achieve some security... sadly Gaudier went off and died in WW
1....
Cd.

On Fri, 30 May 1997, Toni Sant wrote:

> On Thu, 29 May 1997 EricMurph-AT-aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to respond to you, not so much concerning Lyotard, but rather
> > regarding Henri Guadier-Brzeska.  You probably know about this, but others in
> > the group may not.  Ezra  Pound was a BIG fan of his.  In fact, he even wrote
> > a memoir on him and Henria did a very Phallic scupture of EZ entitled
> > Hieratic Head of Ezra Pound.  Both were involved in the Vortex/Blast movement
> > with Wyndam Lewis.  
> > 
> 
> [snip!]
> 
> > 
> > Question: What relation, if any, does the paralogical have to Vorticism:
> > Henri's sculpture, Ez's poetry?  The connection to art.....           
> 
> 
> Excellent question Eric! I shall look into the possible answers with my
> actors and report back to the list what we come up with.  Meanwhile I look
> forward to more from you and anyone else on the list.
> 
> 
> Toni Sant
> 
> P.S. I'm not sure whether Pound was a "BIG fan" of Henri G-B, or simply a
> great opportunist.  Whatever the case, he has certainly helped keep
> Henri's name alive.
> 


   

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