The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. (William Faulkner)
Tuesday 4 June 2013
René Magritte
Rene Magritte (1898 – 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist.
He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking paintings that
fell under the umbrella of surrealism. His work challenges observers’ preconditioned
perceptions of reality.
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