RENÉ MAGRITTE - GOLCONDA

Golconda (in French, Golconde) is an oil painting on canvas by Belgian surrealist René Magritte, painted in 1953.
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The piece depicts a scene of nearly identical men dressed in dark overcoats and bowler hats, who seem to be drops of heavy rain (or to be floating like helium balloons, though there is no actual indication of motion), against a backdrop of buildings and blue sky. The men are spaced in hexagonal grids facing the viewpoint and receding back in grid layers.
Magritte himself lived in a similar suburban environment, and dressed in a similar fashion.
One interpretation is that Magritte is demonstrating the line between individuality and group association, and how it is blurred. All of these men are dressed the same, have the same bodily features and are all floating/falling. This leaves us to look at the men as a group. Whereas if we look at each person, we can predict that they may be completely different to another figure.
The title Golconda comes from Golkonda, a ruined city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, near Hyderabad. The fame it acquired through being the center of the region's legendary diamond industry was such that its name remains, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a synonym for 'mine of wealth'."
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[@watto2100]

Nice reference Araki

[@janus_1986]

Calamity always flows

[@gronakulor4981]

I feel like the artist was in *pursuit* of something...

[@aestheticaero55]

Maybe some Afro kid

[@Pablo_Martin_aa]

His favorite plant ofc

[@maozedong4010]

Umm... so, personally... this is the first time this has happened, so I'm a bit surprised. Only a centimeter away... I mean, I don't think there's ever been someone who's gotten that close to me... without a, you know... calamity occurring. I'm not really... not really sure what happens at one centimeter away... 'cause it's my first time. I don't really understand it either. Seriously. But in the flow of calamity... there's nobody who can attack me. Not a single person. That, I know for sure. Wonder of U.

[@audery3602]

IT'S RAINING MEN

[@lawrenceaddison]

But the sky is clear, so is it truly raining?

[@johnmh3180]

🤔 😎 😅

[@DelicateDoors]

I love this piece playing in the background, what is it?
xx

[@accasfilm]

Erik Satie Gnossienne n°1

[@DelicateDoors]

Thanks so much!

[@athena8030]

Éric satie, Gnosienne 1 ! ♥️

[@thaysxdxd]

Amazing! Thank u guys

[@Adyman182]

Muse - Absolution (2003)

[@AbhishekB]

I'm from that wealthy 13th century City, Golconda now part of Hyderabad

[@kunal222]

Shitty city now though