René Magritte's surreal sensibility, deadpan melodrama, and fine-tuned

outrageousness have all become inescapably part of our times. But these groundbreaking subversions all came from a middle-class Belgian gent,

who kept a modest house in a Brussels suburb and whose first one-man show sold absolutely nothing.

Through a deep examination of Magritte's friendships and his artistic development, Alex Danchev explores the path of an highly unconventional artist who posed profound questions about the relationship between image and reality, challenged the very nature of authenticity and whose influence can be seen in the work of everyone from Jasper Johns to Beyoncé.

勒内·马格利特（René Magritte）的超现实主义风格，充满神秘谧静、荒诞、恐怖的情节，不可避免地成为了我们这个时代的一部分。但这些突破性的颠覆都来自一个比利时中产阶级的绅士，他在布鲁塞尔郊区有一栋简陋的房子，他的第一次个人展览一幅画都没有卖出去。

通过深入研究马格利特的友谊和他的艺术发展，亚历克斯·丹切夫（Alex Danchev）探索了这位超现实主义艺术家的道路，他对图像和现实之间的关系提出了深刻的问题，挑战了真实性的本质，从贾斯帕·约翰斯、碧昂斯等人的作品中可以看到他的影子。