The Protagonist

The Protagonist is a book-length account of an artist growing up in China. Blurring the boundaries between painting, personal narrative, and reminiscence, the book traces, through fragmented text and images, the psychological and cultural construction of identity in the midst of displacement, memory, and emotional rupture. Through artistic practice and autobiographical fragments, the author constructs a nonlinear narrative shaped by visual trauma, the immigrant experience, and the poetics of sel