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Mar 9, 2021 · Taken from “Trauma” from NBC (2009)
Visuals: On a paper background, the black ink-like text "FALSE MIRROR FILMS" wipes in, separated by a vertical line in-between "MIRROR". The second "R" in "MIRROR" is flipped. Technique: 2D computer animation. Audio: None. Availability: Seen on Trauma.
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- The Son of Man, 1964
- The Treachery of Images, 1928-29
- The Lovers II, 1928
- The False Mirror, 1928
- Not to Be reproduced, 1937
Arguably one of Magritte’s most recognizable works, the 1964 painting is a self-portrait of the artist. Although an eye partially peaks out, his face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple. The artwork inspired countless artists including Norman Rockwell, who paid homage to the work with Mr. Apple.
An image of a pipe and text describing it not to be a pipe coincides with the paradoxical nature of many of Magritte’s works. Through this work, Magritte shows that representation and object are not the equivalent. Numerous artistic and pop culture references have been made to the work, utilizing Magritte’s phrase, “This is not a…”. The television ...
Repeating the motif of hidden faces, in The Lovers II, Magritte depicts a couple during an intimate interaction with their faces shrouded, unable to truly touch one another. In the music video for Mineby Beyoncé, the artist references to the painting by showing a couple with cloths covering their faces with the words “YOURS” and “MINE”.
Titled by the surrealist writer Paul Nougé, the title refers to the eye as both selective and subjective. The viewer is both looking through the eye like a window, as well as being looked upon by it, therefore the interaction is both seeing and being seen. In 1951, American television network CBS changed their logo to a single eye much like Magritt...
Commissioned by poet Edward James, Magritte painted the patron’s portrait without depicting his face. James is shown looking in the mirror, but rather than see his face reflected, we are shown only the back of his head. Saatchi Artist Naomi White created a similar work The Living Mirror. Love reading about all things art? You can have articles from...
Is the eye in fact an opening into another reality? Are we looking at an inner vision, or something else entirely? One thing is certain: Magritte's The False Mirror is an invitation to look at the world differently.
The False Mirror presents an enormous lashless eye with a luminous cloud-swept blue sky filling the iris and an opaque, dead-black disc for a pupil. The allusive title, provided by the Belgian Surrealist writer Paul Nougé, seems to insinuate limits to the authority of optical vision: a mirror provides a mechanical reflection, but the eye is ...
Magritte: The False Mirror. by. Arts Council of Great Britain; Films Incorporated. Publication date. 1970. Topics. Magritte, René, 1898-1967, Magritte, René, 1898-1967. Publisher. Released in the U.S. by Films Incorporated. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
Added: 27 Mar, 2024. Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘The false mirror’ was created in 1928 by Rene Magritte in Surrealism style.
