Strange, witty, disturbing and much else: #Magritte and other surrealist artists at the Gagosian Gallery, London
La saveur des larmes / The flavour of tears - 1949 #artbots #magritte

La saveur des larmes / The flavour of tears - 1949 #artbots #magritte
La gravitation universelle / Universal gravitation - 1943 #artbots #magritte
La colère des dieux / The anger of gods - 1960 #artbots #magritte
Man seated at table - 1960 #artbots #magritte
The Red Model (1934) shows a pair of boots that seem to transition into human feet. Magritte called the union of shoe and foot a "monstrous" custom. The painting's grotesqueness suggests that an ordinary object can conceal absurdity, even violence. #artbots #magritte
Le baiser / The kiss - c. 1957 #artbots #magritte
After the Water, the Clouds (1926) debuts one of Magritte's most iconic motifs: the cloud. Soft, white, and deceptively simple, it would recur throughout his career. By 1926, he'd stopped worrying about how to paint and focused on what must be painted. #artbots #magritte
La promesse / The promise - 1950 #artbots #magritte
Strange, witty, disturbing and much else: #Magritte and other surrealist artists at the Gagosian Gallery, London
Querelles des universaux / Clash of universals - 1928 #artbots #magritte
La voix du sang / Blood will tell - 1947 #artbots #magritte
Le météore / The meteor - 1944 #artbots #magritte
Souvenir de voyage / Memory of a journey - 1958 #artbots #magritte
Unexpected Answer (1933) presents a door pierced by a human-shaped void, where absence becomes the presence of nothing. The image feels like an answer to no question at all, turning an ordinary object into a philosophical trap. #artbots #magritte
Le maître d'école / The schoolmaster - 1955 #artbots #magritte
Le fruit du rêve / The fruit of dreams - 1927 #artbots #magritte
Les valeurs personnelles / Personal values - 1952 #artbots #magritte
Black Flag / Le drapeau noir - 1937 #artbots #magritte
Maison et bilboquets / House and bilboquets - 1945 #artbots #magritte