| This work placed seven paintings by Canadian artist Paraskeva Clark (my paternal grandmother) in a reconstruction of her living room. The paintings were placed in relationship to some of the actual objects they depicted. Outside the room hung her Self Portrait with Concert Programme (1942) in which she collaged an actual concert programme into her painted hands. An accompanying letter written in 1945 stated that she used the actual programme because “it had more power as a message (she) wanted to send through her painting”. This signaled a distinct differentiation between the object and its painted representation, which acted as a context for viewing the paintings and objects in the living room.
"I would just like to add re: my Self Portrait with Concert Programme”- that I would be glad to paint the programme. At the time I couldn’t dream it might be bought by someone- and a real programme seemed to have more power as a message I wanted to send through my painting." Paraskeva Clark
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