ROCK Art: MAGRITTE = The Beatles > Jeff Beck > THE EXORCIST > Jackson Browne > Styx > TWIN PEAKS

Today, ROCK Sex spotlights some of the massive influence that Surrealist painter Rene Magritte has had on popular culture.

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Rene Magritte, "The Son of Man" (1964)

Rene Magritte, "Le Jeu de Mourre" (1966)

The Beatles, "Abbey Road" album label (1969)

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Rene Magritte, "Golconda" (1953)

The Beatles, YELLOW SUBMARINE film (1968)

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Rene Magritte, "The Listening Room" (1953/1958)

The Jeff Beck Group, "Beck-Ola" (1969)

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Rene Magritte, "The Empire of Light" (1954)

"The Exorcist" movie poster (1973)>

Jackson Browne, "Late For the Sky" (1974)

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Rene Magritte, "Carte Blanche" (1965)

Oregon, "Out of the Woods" (1974)

Styx, "The Grand Illusion" (1977)

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Rene Magritte, "The Mysteries of the Horizon" (1955)

The Firesign Theatre, "Just Folks -A Firesign Chat" (1977)

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Rene Magritte, "The Pleasure Principle" (1937)

Gary Numan, "The Pleasure Principle" (1979)

"TWIN PEAKS: The Return",
by David Lynch and Mark Frost (2017) >

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Rene Magritte, "La Reconnaissance Infinie" (1963)

BEING THERE movie poster (1979)

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Rene Magritte, "La Parade" (1940)

The Black Lodge, "TWIN PEAKS" (1991)>

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Rene Magritte, "The Nite Owl" (1927)

The Red Room, "TWIN PEAKS" (1990)>

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Rene Magritte, "La Lumiegravere des Coincidence" (1927)

BOXING HELENA by Jennifer Lynch (1993)>

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Rene Magritte, "Portrait of Edward James" (1937)

THE HANDMAIDEN by Park Chan-wook (2016)

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PAUL SIMON -"Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War" (1983)


JOHN CALE -"Magritte" (2003)





© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• Magritte>ROCK Sex: Rene Magritte > THE EXORCIST > THE POSSESSION

• TWIN PEAKS: Its Influence on 25 Years of Film, TV, and Music!, with 5 Music Players


• Astounding Science Fiction > Queen

• PLANET STORIES - Whip It Good!

• "Electric Ladyland" - Peggy Moffitt > Janelle Monae


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: Rene Magritte > THE EXORCIST > THE POSSESSION

ROCK Sex says possession is 9/10 of the law.

Today, how a fine artist inspired THE EXORCIST poster.

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A night stroll on the studio backlot in SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

Belgian Surrealist painter Rene Magritte provoked creative tension by combining familiar things in unfamiliar combinations.

In a series of paintings called "The Empire of Light / L'Empire des Lumières" (1950-'54), the jarring tension comes from a daylight sky resting over a night street scene.

Director William Friedkin saw these images in a book shared by actor Ellen Burstyn while filming THE EXORCIST (1973).

It inspired this classic scene in the film and the iconic poster that came from it; a subtly transgressive image of the forces of light (a shadowed priest, below) confronting the forces of darkness (a lit window, above).

That poster clearly haunts this poster for THE POSSESSION (2012).

The Magritte painting also inspired the cover for the Jackson Browne album, LATE FOR THE SKY (1974).

The scene from the film was also homaged on THE EXORCIST TV series (Season 1, 2016).

© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• MAGRITTE = The Beatles > Jeff Beck > THE EXORCIST > Jackson Browne > Styx > TWIN PEAKS

• Astounding Science Fiction > Queen

• PLANET STORIES - Whip It Good!

• "Electric Ladyland" - Peggy Moffitt > Janelle Monae


• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Its Transcendent Influence on all Pop Culture, with Music Player!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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