The Lovers
Magritte's kissing couple with shrouded heads creates impossible intimacy and radical separation. The work explores love, isolation, communication failure, and the unknowability of others. Despite physical contact, the figures remain utterly alone and mysterious. The painting examines consciousness, otherness, and the limits of connection. The image has become iconic of existential loneliness.
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