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Trompe l’oeil cartoon

January 1, 2020 by chrismadden

Trompe l'oeil cartoon

Trompe l’oeil cartoon

The cartoon shows an artist painting the walls of his studio so that the window looks like a painting on a canvas.
Part of the joke is that as a result, the only ‘real’ thing in the cartoon is the one thing that is meant to look like a painting.
A cartoon about trompe-l’œil and optical illusions, referencing works such as Rene Magritte’s The Human Condition (La condition humaine).

Cartoon drawn: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art105
This cartoon features in my book of cartoons about art.
See the book here.

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Filed Under: ART Tagged With: Magritte, optical illusion

Magritte pastiche cartoon

January 1, 2020 by chrismadden

Magritte pastiche cartoon

Magritte: pastiche of The Treachery of Images.

A cartoon showing a Samsung mobile phone in the style of a Magritte painting, with the words ‘This is not an apple’ written under it. The phone is not an Apple iPhone.
The cartoon is a pastiche of Magritte’s painting The Treachery of Images (La Trahison des images), which is a painting of a pipe with the words ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ (This is not a pipe) written below it.

Original cartoon drawn: 2013
This version drawn: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art110

This cartoon is in my book of cartoons about art.
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Filed Under: ART, Modern art Tagged With: Magritte, surrealism

Rene Magritte cartoon

December 27, 2019 by chrismadden

Rene Magritte cartoon

Magritte cartoon – pastiche of Golconde.

A cartoon based on the Rene Magritte surrealist painting Golconde in which Magritte is painting a surreal image of raining men. The image seems to be imaginary, however in the cartoon Magritte can be seen to be painting the reality that is in front of him.
A cartoon about surrealism, realism, reality, imagination.

Concept: 2007
Drawn: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art060
This cartoon features in my book of cartoons about art.
See the book here.

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Filed Under: ART, Modern art Tagged With: Magritte, surrealism

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    • Vegetable and fruit gardening
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    • Spring gardening
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    • Winter gardening
  • ENVIRONMENT
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    • Climate Change cartoons
    • Wildlife in danger
    • Pollution cartoons
    • Energy fuel power
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      • Deforestation
    • Consumerism
    • Other environment cartoons
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      • dna
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