Reportedly magritte’s mother jumped into water to suicide, he saw his mother’s body up from the water when he was 13. The image that the face was covered by cloth left a deep impression in his mind, he was inspired by this in his works ‘lovers (Les Amants)’ . The cloth is covering lovers’ face as the main elements of the men and women kissing, yarn might be able to cover the facial features, but it can not covered the emotion. Because of the deliberate veil covering, the abstract love was highlighted instead.
I really interested in the shapes in Magritte’s paint, the outfit and the main shape of the cloth which were covered on lovers. It seems like they fell in love, they kissed, but actually they do not mind who is at the opposite side. I decided to use fabric to cover on people’s head that symbolized the blind love. Then I made some textile which inspired from the heart and organs to covered on the people’s head, in order to paraphrase the outlook from mageritte’s paint in my way, means the hurt of love.
June M enuJ 