In a reverential ode to the landmark visionary artist, Olan Ventura takes on the works of the surrealist painter René Magritte. As an artist, Magritte found himself entangled within the collective imaginary due to his novel and visionary takes on art. It was arguably his works that solidified and concretized both the phenomenological and psychoanalytic approaches to art and aesthetics. Magritte’s work, although technically and academically outstanding, was more concerned with ideas rather than form or technique. This was made evident through his work entitled The Treachery of Images which questioned the solely rational and pragmatic worldview that dominated the public sphere. It is this very approach that Ventura gives his due regard to. By combining the different popular images within Magritte’s own canon, Ventura shows us the artist’s undying dedication to his own artistic goals and how Magritte’s work still rings true decades after his final brushstroke.
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Olan Ventura (b. 1976)
After René Magritte
signed and dated 2016 (lower left)
acrylic on canvas
36” x 24” (91 cm x 61 cm)
SOLD: PHP 327,040
Provenance: West Gallery, Quezon City