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René Magritte Exhibition

Location
Perm, Russia
Type
Exhibition Design & Curation
Area
350 sqm
Year
2022

The Challenge

Translate the visual world of René Magritte into a physical space — a surrealist environment where the exhibition itself performs the artist's tricks of scale, framing and doubling.

The Concept

Deep matte-black walls and precise gallery lighting anchor the graphics, while a giant inverted portrait framed inside a white arch, floating apples and cloud silhouettes, a suspended lunar object and vertical fabric-printed panels turn the room into an inhabitable Magritte tableau. Green apples on white plinths invite visitors to become part of the picture.

The Result

A 350 sqm exhibition that read as a single immersive artwork — press coverage, sold-out events and viral social imagery of visitors staging their own Magritte portraits.

Gallery

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Materials

Selected palette.

  • Matte black gallery walls
  • Sculpted white archway portal
  • Suspended cloud and apple cut-outs
  • Printed fabric panel installations
  • White plinths and green apples
  • Museum-grade track lighting

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