Rene Magritte 1937

Although this is not an actual surrealist painting, i thought i would put it on here for you to look at because it does have the same dream like qualities, even though it is in a sculptural form.

Rene Magritte

The Future of Statues/L'Avenir statues

1937

Painted plaster

330 x 165 x 203 mm

relief

This work is made from a commercial plaster reproduction of the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon. Magritte painted at least five of these casts, each with sky and clouds. Discussing the works, the artist’s friend the Surrealist poet Paul Nougé suggested an association between death, dreams and the depth of the sky. He commented: ‘a patch of sky traversed by clouds and dreams [can] transfigure the very face of death in a totally unexpected way’.