With her enchanted images the graphic designer Teresa Freitas proves, that even in times of Instagram René Magritte hasn’t lost any of his magic.
On the occasion of the MAGRITTE exhibition, the SCHIRN invites international Instagrammers to get inspired by Magritte and his surreal worlds. The series starts with Teresa Freitas, graphic designer and Instagrammer based in Lisbon, who already internationally called attention with her surreal works.
"Whenever I see impeccable white clouds on a perfect blue sky, I think of Magritte. That’s the sincerity and kindness I take from his work. He was such a clever artist; exceptionally effective and direct. There is no distortion in his images, just uncanny combinations. He is not a great painter technically, but his ideas and the simplicity of representing them attract us instantly. We don’t need to try to explain his paintings, because the mystery they evoke is just that - unexplainable. His unpretentiousness and sense of humor were remarkable. This is everything I love about Magritte.
Magritte's voice resounds in our contemporary culture: his images have remained relevant throughout generations, namely for inspiring so many artists and the advertising industry. His work continuously forces us to question the nature of appearances and remember the deceptive nature of individual perception."
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0578_04cd276eea.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0576_e1a64958f5.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0577_f8d7ab0f37.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/SCHIRN/Magazin/Abbildungen_2017/Antsy/ImagineMagritte_Teresa_Freitas/IMG_0581.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0579_3ca3c387b8.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0575_b748cb9684.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_IMG_0580_5547839c5b.jpg)
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_Schirn_Presse_Double_Feature_EGP_U_Scantu_01_dd26518cf9.jpg)
A Sicilian myth in a contemporary guise
What if women can resolve and heal dichotomies? In the coming DOUBLE FEATURE, Elisa Giardina Papa takes the Sicilian myth of the “donne di fora” and...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_Philipp_Gufler_2_bearbeitet_a72fa89a1c.jpg)
REVISITING DOUBLE FEATURE: FOCUS ON QUEER ART
Our DOUBLE FEATURE series presents a variety of artists who deal with queerness in their work. We have selected some of the best video interviews for...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_Vorschau_MAGTitelbild_Young_Abe_with_Leica_3f__Euclid__Ohio_1962_ba829d344d.jpg)
ABOUT TIME. With Abe Frajndlich
Abe Frajndlich can look back proudly on a career of over 50 years as a photographer. In conversation with us he speaks, among other things, about his...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_video_still_nh4_778e8eac31.jpg)
A mix of meditation and leisure
What potential does leisure offer? What happens if nothing happens? In the form of “Untitled (Nothing Happens)” (2023), in the latest DOUBLE FEATURE...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_Schirn_Presse_Double_Feature_Johanna_Billing_April_2024_01_acc02b494a.jpg)
Improvisation and failure as creative motivation
John Cage’s “Untitled Event” (1952) is felt to mark the birth of performance art, but there is only anecdotal evidence as to what it actually...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_Schirn_Presse_Cosima_von_Bonin_Opening_Thonk_Piece_credit_Mary_Messhausen_and_proddy_produzentin_9d3d179a2a.jpg)
5 questions for Mary Messhausen and proddy produzentin
With the performance "Thonk piece: Hungry for Stains", drag queens Mary Messhausen and proddy produzentin will open the exhibition COSIMA VON BONIN....
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_DSC2710_93f0160337.jpg)
You Get the Picture: On Movement and Substitution in the Work of Lena Henke
The artist LENA HENKE already exhibited in the SCHIRN Rotunda in 2017. What are the secrets of her practice and where can you find her art today?
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_Vorschau_Schirn_Presse_Double_Feature_Anita_Di_Bianco_Com_Viet_35f6039048.jpg)
Vestiges of the Past in the Present
For decades now, Anita di Bianco has been exploring corrections and rectifications in international newspapers. In the next DOUBLE FEATURE she will be...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_Vorschau_The_Bathers_point_6e21f5164a.jpg)
Lyonel Feininger and the Harvard Art Museums. Part 2
The Harvard Art Museums host the largest Lyonel Feininger collection in the world. The directors Lynette Roth and Laura Muir chat about Feininger’s...
![](/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_vorschau_The_Creep_still_1_Melanie_Jame_Wolf_b0a27d07e8.jpg)
shoulder to shoulder with Outlaws, Creeps and Outsiders
Outlaws, those personifications of the Other, live according to their own moral code. They live unto themselves and attest to the vulnerability and...