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Saturday, July 11, 2015

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

+"SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"+
>(please see my end note info)<
+OPENS TODAY IN OCEANSIDE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+"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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE COUNTS OF GRUYERE+
+HAD AN >ORIGINAL SWISS+
>(clairvaux & holy shroud<
>were >powerful magnets)<
+CASTLE BUT BUILT THEIR+
+FRENCH LIFE near TROYES+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>art and history >synergise via collage<
>into a >correspondence art< medium<
+(A TYPE OF CINEMA)+
>sent to >friends in different< regions<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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")<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+"SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"+
>(opens today at 6 pm)<
+/OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIANNE & I LOOK FORWARD+
+TO THIS VERY >SPECIAL SHOW+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu


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