Retrospective two | Collections | The Huntington

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Impossible to forget : the Nazi camps fifty years after
Rare Books
"Michael Kenna photographed Nazi concentration and extermination camps from 1988 to 2000, subsequently donating all negatives, prints and their respective rights to the French Government and the Caen Memorial. Kenna first visited the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France in 1986. Two years later he returned, still marked by the initial emotional impact, no doubt the key to his decision to develop a project about the Holocaust. Since then, he has repeatedly returned to Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Lublin-Majdanek, Ravensbruck, Buchenwald and many other camps to photograph their restless emptiness. Overwhelmed by the abomination of the gas chambers and by the inexpressible suffering of the victims, Kenna wanted to share a memory that he found impossible to forget. Knowing that a work of art can be an invitation to meditation, he went to the concentration camps to photograph what they had become: sites of contemplation. The photographs in 'Impossible to Forget' are directly opposed to the evil that continues to live in the camps, to nihilism and to revisionism; they are bearers of peace and compassion"--Publisher's description.
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Ratcliffe Power Station
Rare Books
"Kenna's first photographs of the Ratcliffe power station were made in the early 1980s. They show dense emissions of smoke and steam interacting with clouds to form an almost undifferentiated chiaroscuro. I would describe the feel of Kenna's Ratcliffe project as crepuscular, in that the photographs invariably take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere peculiar to the photographer and his subject. Kenna is a brilliant manipulator of half-light. HIs grainy, spatial topography brings to mind the grey skies of Northern England that were the ubiquitous backdrop to his childhood. Kenna's Ratcliffe photos create the impression of an atmospherically foggy day. They register the homeostasis of a mood that is a dominant characteristic of this work"--From introduction.
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Referencing art
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"During my life as an image-maker, I have encountered many works of art that have left a deep and lasting impression. There was a strong feeling of relevance that imbedded them in my consciousness. They became a source of inspiration that encouraged me to explore the boundaries of my own visual quest. The images in this book represent a small selection of artists, art, and art trends that have evoked a lasting sense of personal rapport. It is with deep gratitude that I pay homage, celebrate, and reference these sources"--From preface.
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Monique's kindergarten
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"Michael Kenna's photographs from the Waldorf kindergarten are a homage to childhood and a paean to the imaginative potential of children's play. He came to know the kindergarten and Monique Grund first as a parent of his daughter, Olivia, and then as an artist who saw in the stuff of the place an emblematic presentation of the spirit of childhood. The images are the result of many sessions over several years in the kindergarten"--From introduction.
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Confessionali
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"These images of confessional boxes in Northern Italy symbolize what I continue to search for--the invisible within the visible, the intangible contained in the tangible, the illusion of reality. If words, thoughts and emotions could be made visual, these containers of memories would reveal a multitude of densely-packed hidden secrets, confessed, exchanged and discarded in return for some prayers and the blessing and forgiveness of a priest"--From photographer's introduction.
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Modus coronationis ; Modus tenendi parliamentum ; and two other works : [manuscript]
Manuscripts
f. iii recto-verso. [Oath of homage]. Incipit: I N. become your Liege man of life & lymme. Explicit: and so departe some crowned in order as he set forth accordinglie. English. Text of an oath of homage and description of homage given to Edward VI, added to this manuscript, s. XVI. ff. 1-11v. Modus coronationis. Incipit: In primis Princeps noviter coronandus ante diem sue coronacionis. Explicit: shall bere ayen all men that now lyve and dye soo helpe me god and holydom. Finis. Rubric: Modus sive forma Regum et Reginarum Coronacionis in regno Anglie sequitur in hunc modum, Rex equitaberit. Latin; English. ff. 12-27; ff. 27v-32v blank. Modus tenendi parliamentum. Incipit: Hic describitur modus quomodo Parliamentum Regis Anglie anglicorum suorum tenebatur. Explicit: per racionabiles summoniciones parliamentum nichilominus censetur esse plenum. Finis. Latin. Modus Tenendi Parliamentum, C version, as described by N. Pronay and J. Taylor, Parliamentary Texts of the Later Middle Ages (Oxford 1980) 213-15; see this work for editions of the A and B versions, and pp. 202-09 for a list of the manuscripts, including EL 35 B 61. f. i (back flyleaf). [The proceeding to the Parliament at Westminster is: Procession to Parliament]. Incipit: First Gent. squiers & knightes Bachelors, Then Trumpetters. Explicit: Then the Q. Majestie to descend & being conducted to hir chamber to put of hir Robes & so to returne. Rubric: The proceeding to the Parliament at Westminster is:. English. Account of the order of procession to parliament in the time of Elizabeth, added to this manuscript, s. XVI.
mssEL 35 B 61