All posts tagged: rene magritte

Eugenia Loli

I’ve been a fan of Surrealist art since I can remember. I bought my very first “art book” when I was about thirteen. From Woolworths. I felt so grown up. Which was probably undermined by grabbing a bag of pick n’ mix shortly after. I flipping loved this book though, so much so it’s followed me to every place i’ve lived. Now sitting on a table in my living room. I still flick through it from time to time and am drawn to the same pieces I was over twenty years ago. René Magritte has always been the one to make to smile. The Son of Man is probably his most recognisable piece (the man with the bowler hat and apple in front of his face). But you may also recognise some of his other works too. All of which I love. (Clockwise from top left) The Son of Man, The Treachery of Images, Not to be Reproduced, The Lovers II Remember, I added a pipe to the gallery wall in the Sherwood Forest project as a nod …