#Magritte faceless portraits series#
Poe Cheungįor a school project, Poe Cheung, a student in Hong Kong, created a photography series called “ Atypic” based on some unusual eating habits of friends. Images inspired by odd food combinations and by “ The Son of Man” (top) and “ Not to Be Reproduced” (bottom). Not only are they a clever device, they’re even more impenetrable than Magritte’s draped cloth, perhaps deepening the metaphor of intimacy and isolation. The modern freshness is then layered with the traditional in the form of old-fashioned fencing masks. Many elements of the photograph replicate elements in the painting, with a bright, fresh twist. In producing “Les Amants,” a play on “ The Lovers,” this Italian artist says she intended “to reproduce with photography the emotion that I felt when I saw the Magritte painting for the first time.” Domenica MelilloĪmong an intriguing portfolio inspired by Surrealist art and magical realism-including a mesmerizing series with mirrors-one image of Domenica Melillo’s stands out as a direct translation of Magritte into a modern vision. So when you confront a Magritte, it’s not ‘Oh, Magritte felt this.’ It’s really about what you feel and about creating a shared opportunity for you to experience this sensation.” There’s a generosity there-it’s about you and your response to the work. “One of the beautiful things about his work,” Koons said, “is that it’s really made for the viewer to participate in. They illustrate musings by the artist Jeff Koons on his love of the Surrealist’s work, on the occasion of a Magritte exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. For the September 2013 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the New York photographer Richard Burbridge created a few images based on familiar Magritte paintings, featuring high-end designer items. Above: “Around the Sun” (2014) by Marcus Møller Bitsch.Įxpensive Balenciaga scarves replace plain white cloth in this updated reproduction of “ The Lovers.” Richard Burbridgeįashion photography often turns to fine art for inspiration. Focusing on photography, here are photos from 11 artists inspired by those ubiquitous Surrealist images. Whether constructed from Lego pieces or made from more traditional materials, elements of Magritte’s visual vocabulary pop up everywhere.
Posing existential questions and challenging ideas of personal identity, Magritte’s stark, almost spare paintings have lent themselves over and over to replication, reinterpretation, and reenvisioning. The Surrealist works of the Belgian artist Rene Magritte have become some of the most familiar and copied images in the world.
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