Golconda
ArtistRene Magritte
Year1953
MediumOil on canvas
LocationMenil Collection, Houston
About Golconda
Dozens of identical men in bowler hats fall like rain. They hover between falling and floating. Named after a wealthy Indian city, referencing conformity and capitalism. The same man repeated infinitely, suggesting mass identity.
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