RETURN TO FRANCE / finally in 1985 after 244 years / magny fouchard

+"SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"+

>(please see my end note info)<

+OPENS TODAY IN OCEANSIDE+

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+"MAGNY FOUCHARD"+

>chateau of our verloin de gruy ancestors<

>had been destroyed in the 1st world war<

+(I RETURNED TO >BE+

+IN PARIS BIENNALE+

+SUMMER OF  >1985)<+

>when we returned in >summer of 1985<

>we had been gone for >244 long years<

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+THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE+

+HAD AN >ORIGINAL SWISS+

>(clairvaux & holy shroud<

>were >powerful magnets)<

+CASTLE BUT BUILT THEIR+

+FRENCH LIFE near TROYES+

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>the >orient forest< near troyes had<

>been the >source< of the original<

+(ORIENT FOREST WAS+

+GRUY TRADES HOME)+

>knights templars< and the>famed<

>medieval bar-sur-aube trade fairs<

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 >note : i am happy to report contact w/ special<
>researchers involved in this >history that took<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ DAVINCI @ GRUYERE)+
>five years of my own research which links w/<
>leonardo da vinci, victor hugo & other talents<
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 >count of gruyere led 100 men on the first<
>crusade over the wall of jerusalem (orient)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ COUNTS de GRUYERE)+
>they became >ardent knights templars and<
>followers of >saint bernard< de clairvaux<
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 >the lands of the >counts de gruyere (red &<
>orange) occupied a large lake geneva area<
>linked closely to the >savoy dukes via dna<
+(SAVOY-BRESSE-VERGY+
+-GRUY-RAY TEMPLARS)+
>shroud of turin< eventually aquired by the<
>savoy represented >long gruyere devotion<
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 >it was synchronistic when my >ray (bresse)<
>grandfather married my gruy (vergy) grand<
+(RAY-BRESSE-SAVOY DNA+
>(bresse links gruy-vergy)<
+W/ GRUY-VERGY DNA >in+
>(gruy-vergy links bresse)<
+TURIN SHROUD HISTORY)+
>mother linking their counts de gruyere dna<
>over 1000 years with turin shroud history<
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 >in 1985 >i knew little of this< when marian<
>my wife took this photo at gerardmer, france<
+(SUMMER 1985>ENROUTE+
+TO THE PARIS BIENNALE)+
>we were only a >few kilometers from de ray<
>castle >enroute to de gruyere castle and paris<
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>art and history >synergise via collage<
>into a >correspondence art< medium<
+(A TYPE OF CINEMA)+
>sent to >friends in different< regions<
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 >back in louisiana, >i knew quite a lot about<
>our >degruy ancestors and their plantations<
+COLLAGE TO EXPRESS+
+OUR FAMILY HISTORY)+
>the vaudechamp portrait of francois verloin<
>degruy was >over our ray-degruy fireplace<
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 >the most powerful of my early work<
>was this ferro cement biomorphic for<
+(BIOMORPHIC >FERRO+
+CEMENT DESIGN 1965)+
>a >landscape architectural office in a<
>remote >mountainous< west virginia<
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 >in california i >constructed a large library<
>pf ring binder books >archiving my work<
+(GOAL WAS A >GRAPHIC+
+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+
>in architecture & metaphysics a beginning<
>for the data leading to these nightly blogs<
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 >this page was developed as a xerox flyer<
>in 1980 celebrating 10 years in california<
+(1980 RETROSPECTIVE+
+EXHIBITION @ SDSU)+
>and i constructed a large exhibition in the<
>masters gallery< at >san diego state univ<
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 >five years earlier in about 1975 i exhibited<
>this collection of my design graphics at the<
+(AS EARLY AS >1975+
+"OUT OF THE BOX")+
>aspen design conference / >notice already<
>biomorphic biotronic concepts are evident<
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 >it was the >cosmic conscious<>circular<
>villa i >constructed< for the >seligmans<
+(COSMIC CONSCIOUS+
+CONSTRUCT / >1962)+
>that i >valued the most in my early work<
>(sadly this was >destroyed in "katrina")<
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 >the great tower of the degruy-bossancourt<
>ancient chateau >"magny fouchard" in the<
+(CROSS OF LORRAINE /+
+TURIN SHROUD LINK)+
>french templar >orient forest expresses the<
>link w/ >st bernard & gen. degaulle vision<
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+"SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"+
>(opens today at 6 pm)<
+/OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART+
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>dave fobes & mark syprut's >"mega opening"<
>is this evening at the >Oceanside Museum of<
>Art, >704 Pierview Way, 6-8 pm, Oceanside<
+(THIS SHALL BE A VERY+
+GLORIOUS EXHIBITION+
+OPENING / 6PM TODAY)+
>Ca. and marianne & i look forward to this w/<

>much interest as much hard work is involved<

+(NO LIFE >W/O ART+

+IS A GOOD MOTTO)+ !

>by many talented people in our glorious area<

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+MARIANNE & I LOOK FORWARD+

+TO THIS VERY >SPECIAL SHOW+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu