Monday, July 31, 2023

##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!

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