La Reproduction Interdite (2013)
MIXED TECHNIQUE
The title of Geoffrey de Beer's museum room to scale refers to a famous 1937 work by René Magritte. In the painting in question, the Belgian surrealist sows confusion about the relationship between the person portrayed and his mirror image. La Reproduction Interdite was also the title of a solo exhibition by De Beer at Antwerp's Base-Alpha Gallery in 2013. More broadly, the layout of De Beer's museum room is in keeping with his series on artist relics, a series centered on the cult of the contemporary artist. De Beer's museum presentation of the worship of the contemporary artist bears strong similarities to the way the Catholic Church displayed relics for the community of faith.