When we read a journal which one do we receive from the writer? The original picture, the big picture? Or the small, the reproduction? And maybe most importantly does it matter, especially if whatever we receive is, as Guibert says, “beautifully framed.” Since we had told him we admired his library series, he told us he intended to have a copy made in a tiny little format by an Iranian painter who does a very good job, to gift it to us, and that he would see to it himself that this fake would be beautifully framed. These past weeks, we dined several Wednesdays in a row with Barcelo the painter, whom we would pick up from his studio with Sophie. Toward the end of Mausoleum of Lovers, Guibert relates a story: To my mind the difference is that gap-making is an activity concerned with the perception of others authenticity and curatorial impulse, as paired concepts, are concerned with internal logic and the relation between the creating self and the living self. Last month I wrote about gap-making and this month I’ll be looking at authenticity and curation. To anyone following along, the differences between this post and the last may seem small.
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