Personal Values
ArtistRene Magritte
Year1952
MediumOil on canvas
LocationSFMOMA, San Francisco
About Personal Values
Oversized everyday objects fill a bedroom: a giant comb, shaving brush, glass, cake of soap. The wallpaper shows clouds, the floor shows wood. Scale and space are completely subjective. The objects represent a persons inner world imposed on reality.
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