22 April 2012 - Request from a South African student

From: Geroimenko.com [mailto:art@geroimenko.com]
Sent: 24 April 2012 11:36
To: 'PG Jonker'
Subject: RE: This is not René Magritte

Dear Hardus

Thank you for your email and interest.

The motivation behind this work was irony. René Magritte stated “This  is not  a pipe” and you know what he meant.

I decided  to create a humorous artwork that states “This is not René Magritte” and depicts (sort of) a recognisable surrealist portrait of Magritte.  My intention was to use a minimal numbers of “building blocks”. After some research, I realised that it’s enough to use just three elements to implement my idea.

Hope this helps

See also my visual references at http://www.geroimenko.com/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/es145106/MediaGallery/VG-Exhib-Influences/Influences-Visual-References.pdf and a movie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMoITfBLHVY

Good luck with your project

All the best

Vlad

From: PG Jonker
Sent: 23 April 2012 17:08
To: art@geroimenko.com
Subject: This is not René Magritte

Dear Dr Geroimenko

My name is Hardus Jonker and I am currently a second year graphic design student at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa

We are doing a history project on Surrealism and Dada. We have to find an example of a modern design or an artwork that references back to a historical art work by an artist of our chosen movement.

I have chosen René Magritte and I found your work, "This is not René Magritte"

If you find the time I would very much like some more insight on why you created the work, why you used elements from "This is not a pipe" and "Son of Man"

I hope to hear from you soon

Regards

Hardus Jonker