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René Magritte

In The Lovers II, by Magritte, he takes the cinematic cliché but disrupts our voyeuristic pleasure by covering the faces in cloth. A moment of connection becomes one of isolation, of sexual frustration. An intimate moment becomes something dark and effortlessly disturbing. Something hidden and anonymous. Rene Magritte denied that his traumatic childhood was connected in any way with his art, but in this episode, I look at the possibility that his past affected him more than he admitted.

English
  • Originally Aired October 6, 2023
  • Runtime 18 minutes
  • Created January 3, 2026 by
    toastman89
  • Modified January 3, 2026 by
    toastman89