Today is the 110th anniversary of Rene Magritte's birth. If you are not familiar with his work, you should be. His work so impressed me that, when I was dabbling in the art of painting, I copied one of his works. Alas, it looked like a copy. And a poor one at that.
"My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable."
René Magritte
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I had to check the names of the pieces, but I now remember that The Son of Man and Golconda are my favorites. We did some work on him when I still took art four years ago and writing essays about the meaning (or lack of it) used induce quite the headache.
His work is very mysterious and captivating. I like this post.
Michael.
P.S. Sorry I haven't been checking your blog these past few days as I've been busy with school. It's finally Friday and I'll get right on it. Looking forward to the other three that I've missed.
Like work Michael, school must take priority, my boss would like it to have more priority, but he recognises that once a blogger always a blogger and there are precedences.
LOL
Interesting pictures Douglas, some I have seen before.
AV
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At a minimum, Magritte's work always catches one's attention and therefore makes one think.
Logisitician, I think most art does this, regardless of genre, but surrealism does it best for me. I find Magritte's work to be the best of that genre, in my opinion. Admittedly, I am no art critic or learned scholar in that field.
Like work Michael, school must take priority, my boss would like it to have more priority, but he recognises that once a blogger always a blogger and there are precedences.
LOL
Interesting pictures Douglas, some I have seen before.
AV
http://netherregionoftheearthii.blogspot.com/
http://tomusarcanum.blogspot.com/
I had to check the names of the pieces, but I now remember that The Son of Man and Golconda are my favorites. We did some work on him when I still took art four years ago and writing essays about the meaning (or lack of it) used induce quite the headache.
His work is very mysterious and captivating. I like this post.
Michael.
P.S. Sorry I haven't been checking your blog these past few days as I've been busy with school. It's finally Friday and I'll get right on it. Looking forward to the other three that I've missed.
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