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| The Pilgrim, 1966 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
Yesterday I visited the Albertina. Who should be there but the wonderful surrealist, Rene Magritte!
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| The Face of Genius, 1926 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
Magritte’s visual explorations of la réalité capture our imaginations.
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| The Future of Statues, 1937 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
Magritte confirms something I have suspected or even known for most of my life – we do not know what is; we only know what we experience.
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| La grande famille/Die große Familie, 1963 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
I don’t want to over-analyze it. Rather, I prefer to accept it as a part of existence.
Here are pieces from the exhibit...
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| Le paysage de Baucis/ Die Landschaft der Baucis, 1966 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
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| Les Amants/Die Liebenden, 1928 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
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| The Dominion of Light, 1950 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
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| Le baiser/Der Kuss, 1951 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
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| Time Transfixed, 1938 © VBK Vienna, 2011 |
To learn more about exhibits at the Albertina, click here.
