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In 1929 Rene Magritte painted The Treachery Of Images (aka This Is Not A Pipe) to spark a debate around the use of language and art as a representational medium. My work is a representation of the inside of one of Google's many clouds; huge information storage facilities running twenty four hours a day. I find it interesting that people discuss using the cloud yet this rarely conjures up an image of the storage facilities but rather a fictional notion of some ethereal place where information is held indefinitely without consequence. A modern treachery of imagery if you wish.

This is acrylic and luminous paint of canvas so, like the real cloud, it glows twenty four hours a day. The edges are painted black.
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Ce N'Est Pas Un Nuage (The Treachery Of Images 2020 - This Is Not A Cloud) Painting

Stephen Beer

United Kingdom

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 24 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in

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In 1929 Rene Magritte painted The Treachery Of Images (aka This Is Not A Pipe) to spark a debate around the use of language and art as a representational medium. My work is a representation of the inside of one of Google's many clouds; huge information storage facilities running twenty four hours a day. I find it interesting that people discuss using the cloud yet this rarely conjures up an image of the storage facilities but rather a fictional notion of some ethereal place where information is held indefinitely without consequence. A modern treachery of imagery if you wish. This is acrylic and luminous paint of canvas so, like the real cloud, it glows twenty four hours a day. The edges are painted black.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 0.8 D in

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Most recently Stephen's work has been featured in "And Now For The Good News (works from the Annette & Peter Nobel Art Collection)", at the Pera Museum, Turkey. Born in 1962 Stephen is a child of post war popular culture. His creativity began in '67 when his father set up a photographic darkroom in a cupboard under the stairs. There they made primitive b&w pictures, and Stephen hasn't stopped creating since. His work has been collected by Mark Bezos and many others around the world, and he likes to think his work gives pleasure, entertains and creates discussion.

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