PAINTING WRITING TEXTING transcend time and place and

transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today

when the doctor demands your numbers in exchange for care

He is perhaps best remembered for the posthumously published novel

this scroll acts out the linearity of time

and widen fashion’s horizons as a medium for expression

PAINTING WRITING TEXTING transcend time and place andFrom the press: Painting Writing Texting chronicles the friendship between painter Chantal Joffe and writer Olivia Laing, which began in 2016 when Joffe approached Laing to ask if they would sit for a portrait. From this unexpected encounter, the two embarked on an expansive and ranging collaboration, fuelled by high speed conversations about art, books, and their shared attempts to understand the world. It feels like we both use portraiture to get at