How strange can surrealism get? Very.
Coming across the famous painting of Time Transfixed of René Magritte, I question myself: why a train? The artist explains,
"I decided to paint the image of a locomotive . . . In order for its mystery to be evoked, another immediately familiar image without mystery — the image of a dining room fireplace — was joined."
It is also insinuates that:
“This painted image is an example of the mystery of thought. Rather than use images that are in themselves strange or absurd (such as angels or the creatures of other Surrealists), Magritte brought together commonplace images in improbable ways, enhancing what is specific and mysterious about each.” - http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico649500-5784.html
So then, is a train an object of mystery? A trail of complicated vehicles piled together to indicate a sort of secrecy and ambiguity?
I may be looking at this the wrong way, but maybe Magritte was on to something…
Coming across the famous painting of Time Transfixed of René Magritte, I question myself: why a train? The artist explains,
"I decided to paint the image of a locomotive . . . In order for its mystery to be evoked, another immediately familiar image without mystery — the image of a dining room fireplace — was joined."
It is also insinuates that:
“This painted image is an example of the mystery of thought. Rather than use images that are in themselves strange or absurd (such as angels or the creatures of other Surrealists), Magritte brought together commonplace images in improbable ways, enhancing what is specific and mysterious about each.” - http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico649500-5784.html
So then, is a train an object of mystery? A trail of complicated vehicles piled together to indicate a sort of secrecy and ambiguity?
I may be looking at this the wrong way, but maybe Magritte was on to something…
