Here, I shall write a short paragraph on Rene Magritte. It’s not to fill up my posts, but he really did play a part in my initial development of ideas for my coursework.

In Rene Magritte’s works, his subject matter is always out of the ordinary. Sometimes his subject matter appears randomly, in the wrong time or in the wrong place, and it shocks and confuses people. This was what I found interesting, and what I could use for my work.

By using this idea, at first I wanted to create a space which is meant for children, but at the same time, it does not seem like the space belongs to a child. My objective was trying to confuse the viewers, and at the same time, question them on what is the real definition of childhood today, in our present society. Once, a friend told me that children in this present society seem to be always busy with studying, going for courses, etc. , and it seems like they have lost their childhood.  I think this idea was pretty interesting as it’s very close not only to students, but also to everyone, especially parents. However, this idea was kind of scrapped as  wanted to do something more sentimental and closer to myself, since this is my largest art project of the year.

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