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The timing of A portrait of the Artist

A portrait that is not on view 

Somewhere—consider it a long-term loan  

Frances cried in front of portraits of Rembrandt  

                                                                                           —and that’s all I learnt in undergrad 

“Self-portraits by Rembrandt”,  

a Wikipedia entry of its own 

                                                                                           —and that’s all I will get from  

                                                                                             (a) Rembrandt

1628 

1. Time a self-portrait------------------------you will get a still life fuelled by/with madness 
2. A self-portrait in time--------------------------------you will get a break from timelineness 
3. Portrait a self in time--------------------------------------------you will put yourself to work 
4. Make a portrait of yourself using time------------------no one will get a history out of it 

Wall text: Time on canvas 

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next painting 

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next next painting Putting wall texts to close to a painting makes   that painting too painting 

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onwards!  

A watercolour brush used for oil paint; they say it’s an abusive act. 

: is it to the brush or is it to the paint?  

A portrait of (your)self, using time only; they say it’s abusive act.  

: is it a tragedy or bliss that you don’t get to view it? 

Angel of History, kidnapped into exiles 

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Hide it in between uncatalogued materials 

“Be a good friend—buy my painting but don’t write about it. 

Let a portrait rest in time. For, in each citation, I am the one is being torn by gazes.” 

A fragile work on paper; tears. 

A time piece. Piercing through papers. 

A durational instance; bursting into tears.  

“some remain uncertain as to the identity of either the subject (mostly  

etchings) or the artist (mostly paintings),  

or the definition of a portrait.” 

Histories of angels, untold.                            In time, in hell, eternity of despairs, once and for 

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                By the time the portrait is done, the time is up, and the man is dead.   

1669 

Make a copy, as a back-up. See you next life, where time is drained back to the madness of  instances.  

Quick, put the wall texts as close as possible to yourself.