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Belgian artist René Magritte (1899 – 1967) is famous for his surrealist works, which often challenge the viewer’s perception of reality and the ordinary. In The Portrait (1935), a simply laid-out meal is not as simple as it seems. Each object is rendered with equally sharp focus and pictorial realism, yet any expectation of everyday reality is overturned, above all by the unblinking eye that stares inexplicably from a slice of ham on a plate. The perspective of this still life tilts dramatically toward the surface of the picture plane, as if to confront or perhaps invite the viewer to join the table.
Photographed in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC
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A Souvenir Ash Tray from Washington DC is Part of Claes Oldenburg’s Mouse Museum (All Photos By Gail)
Claes Oldenburg, the legendary pop sculptor, has long been a collector of objects and images. His studio shelves contain an immense variety of items that, since 1972, he has gathered during his daily travels, alongside experiments and prototypes for his sculptures. Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing — currently on exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art — evolved from the artist’s commitment to this practice of collection, storage and display.
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From Modern Urban Living: “Sweet Meats creator, Lauren Venell, took her meat expertise (she comes from hearty butcher stock) and product design skills and combined them to create some delicious looking pillows! Originally starting as a personal art project, demand for the pillows soon grew and now she’s making a killing! If you think meat is neat, check out Sweet Meats for more meat related goodness.
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Yes, I realize that OJ is actually holding a carved ham, but it is the spirit of bad taste and political incorrectness I’m trying to capture!
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