Pomnit VI Painting

The scale of the vividness of mental images of my closest relatives can be compared to the descriptions of Pierre made by Jean-Paul Sartre: The object is very imperfectly attained: some details are lacking, others are suspect, the whole is rather blurred. The retrieval of visual data does not follow the rule of sameness. Many of my Portraits of Memory include small mistakes which prove the lack of connection with a specific event. Autobiographical selfknowledge, which supports the reconstruction of prior experience, was useful in tracing such mistakes. While I used autobiographical self-knowledge during the controlled memory retrieval, I tried to paint the retrieved portraits according to the retrieved mental image. I followed this rule even when the memories included untrue details, gaps and elements which did not comply with the time. I did not correct the mistakes, complete the gaps or fight with the updated image of the bodies(...) a fragment of the text from my dissertation, What are Portraits of Memory?, Gdańsk 2022

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35.4 W x 51.2 H x 0.8 D in

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