dear protagonist (detail)
A detail of the painting Dear Protagonist, (a reverie regarding you in the perpetual present).
The parenthetical latter part of the title alludes to both how
1) a painting has a relatively temporally static state (compared to film for instance) and as such the viewer's experience with a painting is fundamentally rooted in the present [ie. this reading suggests the "you" is the viewer].
and
2) Temma (my daughter depicted in the painting) seems to have a fairly limited memory and as such seems to exist in a perpetual present [ie. this reading suggests the "you" is Temma].
dear protagonist (detail)
A detail of the painting Dear Protagonist, (a reverie regarding you in the perpetual present).
The parenthetical latter part of the title alludes to both how
1) a painting has a relatively temporally static state (compared to film for instance) and as such the viewer's experience with a painting is fundamentally rooted in the present [ie. this reading suggests the "you" is the viewer].
and
2) Temma (my daughter depicted in the painting) seems to have a fairly limited memory and as such seems to exist in a perpetual present [ie. this reading suggests the "you" is Temma].