{"id":1829,"date":"2013-06-17T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T08:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/06\/17\/adsertoris-soulstudy-the-lovers-rene\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T22:48:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T22:48:09","slug":"adsertoris-soulstudy-the-lovers-rene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/06\/17\/adsertoris-soulstudy-the-lovers-rene\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

adsertoris<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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soulstudy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Lovers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rene Magritte, 1928<\/p>\n

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Magritte\u2019s mother was a suicidal woman, which led her husband, Magritte\u2019s father, to lock her up in her room. One day, she escaped, and was found down a nearby river dead, having drowned herself. According to legend, 13 year old Magritte was there when they retrieved the body from the river. As she was pulled from the water, her dress covered her face. This later became a theme in many of Magritte\u2019s paintings in the 1920\u2019s, portraying people with cloth covering their faces.<\/em>\u00a0(source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Frustrated desires are a common theme in Ren\u00e9 Magritte\u2019s work. Here, a barrier of fabric prevents the intimate embrace between two lovers, transforming an act of passion into one of isolation and frustration. Some have interpreted this work as a depiction of the inability to fully unveil the true nature of even our most intimate companions. Enshrouded faces were a common motif in Magritte\u2019s art. The artist was 14 when his mother committed suicide by drowning. He witnessed her body being fished from the water, her wet nightgown wrapped around her face. Some have speculated that this trauma inspired a series of works in which Magritte obscured his subjects\u2019 faces. Magritte disagreed with such interpretations, denying any relation between his paintings and his mother\u2019s death. \u201cMy painting is visible images which conceal nothing,\u201d he wrote, \u201cthey evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, \u2018What does it mean?\u2019 It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.\u201d (via MoMA | Ren\u00e9 Magritte. The Lovers. Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1928<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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In The Lovers, a man and a woman are kissing, but the head of each is completely wrapped in a gray fabric. At first, the painting may look surreal or absurd, but with only a moment\u2019s thought you realize that lovers usually know nothing about each other\u2014they\u2019re shrouded in mystery. Magritte\u2019s odd painting may turn out to be more accurate than other paintings of lovers staring into each other\u2019s eyes. (via Magritte\u2019s Good Logic<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

adsertoris: soulstudy: The Lovers\u00a0 Rene Magritte, 1928 Magritte\u2019s mother was a suicidal woman, which led her husband, Magritte\u2019s father, to lock her up in her room. One day, she escaped, and was found down a nearby river dead, having drowned herself. According to legend, 13 year old Magritte was there when they retrieved the body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-tv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/26\/void-dance-rene-magritte-dangerous\/","url_meta":{"origin":1829,"position":0},"title":"void-dance: Ren\u00e9 Magritte.\u00a0Dangerous Liaisons.\u00a01926. 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