Painting 
within a painting 
within a painting within a painting

Painting within a painting within a painting within a painting, Acrylic on wooden panel, Polaroid, 80 x 100cm, 2024


The painting originates from a photograph found in a René Magritte art book, taken by his assistant. In the photo, Magritte is painting Magritte painting a painting. The Polaroid photograph captures the artist painting Magritte painting Magritte painting a painting.

Deeply captivated by the black-and-white photographs in the Magritte book and his "painting within a painting" works, the artist was drawn to how Magritte often depicted layered images within a single composition. These works invite viewers to interpret painting as an illusion rather than reality.