Rob Gonsalves about René Magritte

My first introduction to the work of Magritte helped to crystallize for me the direction that my work was to take. His work The Human Condition has a magical effect while being at the same time a straightforwardly realistic image. I had wanted to affirm that magical and wondrous experiences are not confined to the realm of dreams or subconscious, but rather be derived from our experience and conscious interpretation of the physical world. Magritte's magic realism helped me to see how I could achieve this.

Rob Gonsalves

(René Magritte)