The Red Model
La Modele rouge (The Red Model) by Rene Magritte (1937) is undoubtedly an iconic piece of surrealist artwork. Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious. Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whom was well known for his witty and thought-provoking images and his use of basic graphics and mundane objects, giving new meanings to familiar things. The Red Model depicts feet that morph into lace-up shoes. GOMA is Queensland’s paramount modern art gallery, it boasts Australian and international exhibitions that showcase works from a diverse range of historical and contemporary artists. Alongside the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) these two galleries offer distinct, yet complementary experiences and presents engaging and interactive exhibitions and events for visitors of all ages and the cinemas at GOMA features films by influential and popular film makers and artists. Although GOMA does not have any of Magritte other artworks, there is no time like the present to acquire this artwork.
Rene Magritte was born in 1898 in Belgian, in the province of Hainaut. At a young age Magritte was exposed to tragedy when his mother committed suicide on the 12 March 1912, when Magritte was only 13. His artistic life also started early, receiving drawing lessons from 1910. His work was originally impressionist style, something that his art teacher pushed him to peruse, but Magritte found that “uninspiring”. The oil paintings he produced during the years 1918-1924 were influenced by Futurism and by the offshoot of Cubism practiced by Metzinger.
La Modele rouge is a piece that would be an amazing piece of art that GOMA has little in comparison. The Red Model depicts feet that morph into lace-up shoes on a ruff dirt ground and against a wooden background. Magritte explained painting's imagery in a 1938 lecture: "The problem of the shoes demonstrates how far the most barbaric things can, through force of habit, come to be
Rene Magritte was born in 1898 in Belgian, in the province of Hainaut. At a young age Magritte was exposed to tragedy when his mother committed suicide on the 12 March 1912, when Magritte was only 13. His artistic life also started early, receiving drawing lessons from 1910. His work was originally impressionist style, something that his art teacher pushed him to peruse, but Magritte found that “uninspiring”. The oil paintings he produced during the years 1918-1924 were influenced by Futurism and by the offshoot of Cubism practiced by Metzinger.
La Modele rouge is a piece that would be an amazing piece of art that GOMA has little in comparison. The Red Model depicts feet that morph into lace-up shoes on a ruff dirt ground and against a wooden background. Magritte explained painting's imagery in a 1938 lecture: "The problem of the shoes demonstrates how far the most barbaric things can, through force of habit, come to be