Tuesday, October 22, 2013

"Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary"

       
             Rene Magritte's exhibit at the M.O.M.A. "The Mystery of the Ordinary" I chose was titled "Les Amants(The Lovers)". This work of art touches the realms of reality and fantasy by showing two lovers who are kissing with fabric over there heads where in reality if most people would not kiss with sheets wrapped around their faces. The reality part of this art work is that they both look like people and wear clothes that regular people would wear. The elements that touch our waking reality is the interaction between the man and woman in this painting which we see a lot of people do mostly everyday. The way reality is distorted in this painting is the fact that if you were to wear a clothed wrapped around your head you wouldn't choose to kiss someone because there wouldn't be a purpose in doing so the action would be pointless. In my opinion, this altered perception of reality symbolizes how many people kiss others but there wouldn't be anything significant about it.

Rene Magritte
"Les Amants"
Oil on Canvas
1928

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