Fantastic settings
When René Magritte painted The Son of Man in 1964, he said of it: “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us."
The painting consists of a man in a bowler hat and overcoat standing before a low wall, beyond which is the horizon of sea meeting a cloudy sky, but his face is largely obscured by a floating green apple. We know his face is there, we can see his eyes peek out over the top of the apple, but what does he look like? And more importantly, do we really need to know? An interest then in what the visible does not show us can be therefore portrayed by artists presenting their work within a fantastical or conceptual setting. In Artsper's selection of fantastic settings, Javier Rey explores the possibilities of sculpture and physical structures. Ben Goossens (BEL), on the other hand, has been influenced by Surrealism, dubbed the Dali or Magritte of photography as he combines intense sensitivity with dreams. Through timeless creations, reason and space, BEL tries to portray the essence of fantasies – what we can see and indeed an interpretation of what is hidden…
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House of Solitude
Brooke Shaden
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$6,169
Dining Alone
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 80 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,745
Bedroom Magazines
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 80 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,745
Bathroom Mirror
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 80 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,745
Muhammad the Prophet - Gods of Suburbia - Size S
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,780
Pocahontas - Fallen princess - Size M
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 72 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 28.3 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,932
Passed Out - Collector's card
Dina Goldstein
Print - 10 x 15 x 1 cm Print - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$18
Very bad trip
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,068
Les jumelles
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Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,424
Les corbeaux volent sur le dos
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,186
Au fond de la piscine
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,186
Adam et Eve chassés du paradis
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,780
Le lapin blanc
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,780
Mort d'un clown
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,186
Jotunheimen
Nathalie Thengius
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
$7,118
Dining Alone - Collector's card
Dina Goldstein
Print - 10 x 15 x 1 cm Print - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$18
From the series Ecology of soul and nature IV
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,610
From the series Ecology of soul and nature III
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,373
From the series Ecology of soul and nature V
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,610
From the series Ecology of soul and nature II
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,610
Recordings Portfolio
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Photography - 105 x 82.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 32.5 x 0 inch
$6,930
Dining Alone - In the dollhouse
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 112 x 144 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 56.7 x 0.4 inch
$6,525
Bathroom Mirror
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Photography - 112 x 144 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 56.7 x 0.4 inch
$6,525
Tub & Toilet
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 112 x 144 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 56.7 x 0.4 inch
$10,677
Tub & Toilet
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Photography - 80 x 102 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,711
Passed out
Dina Goldstein
Photography - 112 x 144 x 1 cm Photography - 44.1 x 56.7 x 0.4 inch
$6,525
Glisser sur l'océan de la vie - Série Encelade
Michel Baudry
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.9 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$3,203
Sans titre (Deauville)
Philippe Ramette
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$12,575
From the series Ecology of soul and nature I
Mykola Mamchur
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,610
Occult Games #2
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Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.53 x 19.68 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Les carreaux noirs et blancs
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Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Obscured by clouds
Ben Goossens (BEL)
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$1,127
L'éléphant triste du quatrième gauche
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Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Il buono il brutto il cattivo
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Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Le masque de la mort rouge
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Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$106
La machine à remonter le temps
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Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Le chat qui s'en va tout seul
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
L’Évêque, la danseuse et la mort
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Les corbeaux volent sur le dos
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Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$106
Le pecheur de nuages
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Painting - 30 x 16 x 0.4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
$356
The fantastic fear of everything
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Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$5,516
Destruyendo Metáforas #2
Léa Bon
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 11.81 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Destruyendo Metáforas
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Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 11.81 x 0.1 inch
$1,000