In My Eye,Homage to Magritte

Reading note

In My Eye, Homage to Magritte belongs to the Behind the Obvious series, in which Abraham Aronovitch turns the bathroom mirror into a structuring device of the gaze. Here, the reflected image condenses into a monumental eye, making the mirror a site of transition between vision and obstacle. By invoking the surrealist legacy, the work shifts the mirror’s primary function—self-recognition—towards a profound interrogation of perception.

An eye invades the habitual space of reflection. It no longer returns a face, but imposes a presence that looks back, transforming the gaze into a closed, almost walled surface. The mirror thus operates as a visual trap: what was meant to clarify the image of the self becomes an enigma. This homage to Magritte is not a simple quotation of form, but the establishment of a fundamental doubt—not about the object seen, but about the very nature of the act of seeing.