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Eminent childrens' book illustrator Fritz Wegner, born Vienna 15th September 1924, died London 15th March 2015. His early assignments included work in the 1940s for Lilliput Magazine, Dorothy L. Sayers and Enid Blyton, with book covers for Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye' and the first UK edition of Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.In the late 1950s he moved away from advertising and commercial work to focus on childrens' literature. Renowned titles include The Hamish Hamilton books of Princes and Princesses, 1963/64, The Marvellous Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1967, Fattypuffs and Thinigers by Andre Maurois.In the 1980s and '90s he illustrated books by Allan Ahlberg, Michael Rosen and Brian Alderson.He also created over forty stamps for the Royal Mail. The Fritz Wegner Archive documents phases of his art from the 1950sto the 2000s It includes comprehensive images scanned from originals in the collection of over 3,500 graphic works. The publication is authorised by executors of the estate of the artist.

IntroductionThe Anatomy Series of 2001 was made in a quantity of eighty panels, taking three weeks to complete. The set considered the landscape of the human physical system.The panels were worked on flat, painting twelve at a time in rotation. They were laid out on an old framed work which also served as a container for the pool of colour washed over the textured surface. Two inch square wooden cubes were used to stack the panels in small towers to dry out.Various factors steered the series development: there was an initial colour plan, I thought about the load-bearing pressures on the body, of the complex interplay of its organs, nervous energy and circulation, and supporting frameworks of bone, muscle and soft tissue. The paintings formed a continuing conversation with the colour plan, with titles assigneed later to photographs of resulting works. The ambition has been to achieve the identity of the body not by literal description, but by equivalents found by chance in the passage of an abstract process.ContentsAorta, Arch of Atlas, Arm, Artery, Atrium, Bladder, Bones, Brain, Branches, Breast, Bronchi, Bulb, Buttocks, Canal, Capillary, Cartilage, Cavity, Cells, Cervix, Cleft, Column, Compartments, Cornea, Cuneiform, Diaphragm, Digits, Discs, Ducts, Duodenum, Ear, Esophagus, Fascia, Femur, Fibula, Finger, Fissure, Follicle, Foot, Gland, Gonadotropins, Heart, Heel, Hip, Intestine, Iris, Jaw, Knee, Knuckle, Labia, Labyrinth, Ligament, Metatarsal, Mouth, Neck, Nucleus, Orifice, Pelvis, Perineum, Philtrum, Pubis, Rectum, Retina, Rib Cage, Sacrum, Scalp, Shin, Shoulder, Skin, Skull, Spine, Spleen, Stomach, Teeth, Testicle, Thorax, Throat, Thumb, Tongue, Veins, Wrist.

A guided tour of The Palace of Knossos in Crete, leads to a detailed examination of artefacts and remains of the highly sophisticated Minoan civilization extant from 4000 to 1500 BC. It documents the history of an exquisite jewel from the Queen's Chamber - The Ring of Minos.

Published as a Cv digital file, "Cv/VAR series 94" reviews 'Beyond Belief', a major exhibition at White Cube of the prominent British artist Damien Hirst (b 1965, Bristol UK, upbringing in Leeds Yorkshire). The author experiences the Biopsy and Fact paintings, votive pieces and installations including the imposing "Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain" 2007; and, views "For The Love Of God", the iconic GBP50 million diamond skull.

The sixth in Cv's series of English County Guides explores the county of Wiltshire. The dramatic sweep of the spare landscape towards the Pewsey Vale introduces the historic town of Marlborough. The guide explores over 180 villages, and follows the route towards the West, to Bath and Avon; taking in the historic Jacobean settlements of Trowbridge,Melksham, Calne, Devizes and Bradford on Avon. Wiltshire is beautiful and mysterious, spanned by lay lines and runic landmarks such as Stonehenge and the Avebury Ring. This is an original account of personal experience, fascinating for visitors and tempting to those seeking a new area to live. First researched from 1999-2001, then in 2011, the series of English County Guides provides descriptions of market towns and villages, for casual visitors and those interested in moving to a different area. The guides contain eye-witness records of natural character, of the villages: their properties, amenities, communication.

Celebrated artist David Medalla (b.The Philippines 1942) gives an extensive interview to Cv/VAR, in which he discusses his advent to the literary and art scenes of Paris and London at a significant point of change in 1960. He recalls his introduction in Paris by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duncan and Gaston Bachelard, who admired his original kinetic sculpture, The Bubble Machine. Arriving in London in 1963 he joined Paul Keeler to operate Signals Gallery, exhibiting European and South American artists such as Jesus Rafael Soto and Vassilakis Takis, in groundbreaking manifestations. Medalla went on to form the Exploding Galaxy, a seedbed of performance art based in a house at London's Ballspond Road. A protean spirit of wide influence over five decades as a poet and visionary creator, Medalla has continued his extraordinary path. Following a recent show in Berlin Medalla will next be seen in 'Migration' a six month long survey starting in January 2012 at Tate Britain.

The seventh of Barnaby's Relocation Guides explores the county of Cumbria. The journey starts in Kendal, and moves to Windermere, Bowness and Ambleside. From there: Keswick and Derwentwater, Ullswater and Braithwaite to Buttermere, via the Whinlatter Forest, The beautiful environment of tarns and fells opens many varied experiences for the traveller. The guide includes information and histories from local sources. It visits Cockermouth, Grasmere and Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's homeland. It documents Penrith and Carlisle, Tebay and Appleby in the expansive landscape of Westmorland and makes a wide loop over to Workington and Whitehaven on the coast. The guide then moves south to Barrow In Furness, Ireleth, Ulverston and Grange Over Sands. Leaving Cumbria for Lancashire it takes a route by High Bentham on a moorland road to find Slaidburn, a historic village set deep in the Lancashire Fells. ____________________________________________________ Barnaby's Relocation Guides provide comprehensive records of towns and villages for visitors and those interested in moving to a different area. Writers make eye-witness reports of amenities and character of over one hundred locations. Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Wiltshire and Cornwall are available,

'Paris provides constant stimulation; the city remains a fabulous animal, volatile, individualist and alive with its history and possibilities.' For his new cityscapes N.P.James made an artistic investigation of Paris, walking through the various districts of Opera, St.Lazare, Republic, Montmartre, Montparnasse, Le Marais, St. Denis and St.Germain. His sketchbook records aspects of the streets, buildings, courtyards and monuments, in a web of small pencil drawings, which underpinned the paintings. Colour photographs, notes and observations of the historic and fabled city accompany the studies.