Original artwork description:

In 1929 Rene Magritte painted The Treachery Of Images (aka This Is Not A Pipe) to spark a debate around the use of language and art as a representational medium. My work is a representation of the inside of one of Google's many clouds; huge information storage facilities running twenty four hours a day. I find it interesting that people discuss using the cloud yet this rarely conjures up an image of the storage facilities but rather a fictional notion of some ethereal place where information is held indefinitely without consequence. A modern treachery of imagery if you wish.

This is acrylic and luminous paint of canvas so, like the real cloud, it glows twenty four hours a day. The edges are painted black.

Materials used:

Acrylic and luminous paint

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#surrealism #cloud #magritte #googles #treachery of 

Ce N'est Pas Un Nuage (aka The Treachery Of Images 2020 - This Is Not A Cloud) (2020) Acrylic painting
by Stephen Beer

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In 1929 Rene Magritte painted The Treachery Of Images (aka This Is Not A Pipe) to spark a debate around the use of language and art as a representational medium. My work is a representation of the inside of one of Google's many clouds; huge information storage facilities running twenty four hours a day. I find it interesting that people discuss using the cloud yet this rarely conjures up an image of the storage facilities but rather a fictional notion of some ethereal place where information is held indefinitely without consequence. A modern treachery of imagery if you wish.

This is acrylic and luminous paint of canvas so, like the real cloud, it glows twenty four hours a day. The edges are painted black.

Materials used:

Acrylic and luminous paint

Tags:
#surrealism #cloud #magritte #googles #treachery of 
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In 2022 I was included in the exhibition "And Now For The Good News", a selection of works from the Nobel Family Collection, at the Pera Museum, Turkey. In 2020... Read more

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