untitled, 1984, gelatin sliver print on baryta paper, 23 x 29,5 cm
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The exhibition is titled The Plaintive Tense, a sentence once used in a 1990’s drawing by Tim Ayres. The word plaintive, a close cousin to the words melancholia and sorrow, describes a sensation of sadness or loss; a tone of voice, gesture or image that carries a sense of longing or grief.