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- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacOpportunities for art and beauty are everywhere, even in the most unlikely places. Barcelona-based modern artist <a href="http://www.pejac.es" target="_blank">Pejac</a> transformed the broken windows of an abandoned power plant in Rijeka, Croatia into a surprising and stunning canvas depicting a flock of birds fleeing from a boy with a slingshot. The artist used the existing cracks in the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/glass" target="_blank">glass</a> to create the silhouettes of birds in an intervention titled Camouflage, which Pejac says is a tribute to the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.1
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacThe Barcelona-based artist created the illusion of birds in flight through negative space, but the intervention is so subtle that it’s easy to miss at first glance.2
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacPejac draws inspiration from Magritte’s use of painted window-like birds that reveal clouds and sky within their silhouettes.3
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacAccording to Arrested Motion, the artist intended to highlight the survival instinct found in nature by showing how the birds camouflage themselves to survive.4
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacUnlike the birds, the silhouette of the boy with the slingshot was painted on with black acrylic.5
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacAccording to Arrested Motion, the artist intended to highlight the survival instinct found in nature by showing how the birds camouflage themselves to survive.6
- 'Camouflage' Tribute to René Magritte by PejacThe piece was completed as part of the artist’s residency with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.7