##516: skate / parked / bored

Sweet Jesus. Le fils de l’homme
as a skateboard. What would 
Foucault have made of this, 
especially since the constructors 
insist ceci n’est pas un skateboard? 

The accompanying text describes 
it thus: an "edition of artwork 
intended for decorative purposes...
with one wall mount per deck to 
hang it on your wall, just like a 

painting." It also points out that 
you could skate on it if you wanted 
to; but doesn't mention that if he 
had wanted to, Magritte could  
have incorporated it quite easily as 

replacement for the object in a numb-
er of his paintings. Perhaps le skateur 
perdu, perhaps le skateboard volant.
CO2 neutral, with the wood sourced
from sustainable forests. Bonus!

Three poems from Series Magritte at YouTube

via The Continental Review





Read by Miia Toivio & with graphics by Marko Niemi