The artwork is titled “The Interpretation of Dreams” and was created by the artist René Magritte in 1927, in Belgium. The medium used is oil on canvas, and it belongs to the Surrealism art movement. It measures 38 x 55 cm and falls under the genre of symbolic painting. This artwork is housed in the Neue Pinakothek museum located in Munich, Germany.
The artwork depicts four distinct objects, each contained within its own separate compartment. These objects are juxtaposed with seemingly unrelated French words that translate to “the sky,” “the bird,” “the table,” and “the sponge.” The image includes a brown leather bag labeled “Le ciel” (the sky), a corkscrew labeled “L’oiseau” (the bird), a green leaf labeled “La table” (the table), and a yellow sponge labeled “L’éponge” (the sponge). The deliberate mismatch between the objects and their labels evokes a sense of disorientation characteristic of surrealist works, inviting viewers to question the relationship between language, perception, and reality.
