Artwork
Rene Magritte (1898-1967)/Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941)

Rene Magritte (1898-1967)/Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) is a drawing by Natassa Poulantza. It is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus. This digital print originates from the interactive project Game of Fortune, a software that mimics slot‑machine mechanics.
About this work
Overview
This digital print originates from the interactive project Game of Fortune, a software that mimics slot‑machine mechanics. Users trigger a random pairing of visual elements drawn from two curated columns—classic paintings on one side and portraits of notable 19th‑ and 20th‑century thinkers on the other. The resulting combination is then printed on archival A4 paper and signed by the creator.
Subject & Meaning
In this particular output, the image merges a portrait of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva with René Magritte’s 1934 work “The Red Model.” The juxtaposition places a literary figure within a surrealist visual context, inviting reflection on the dialogue between poetry and visual art across different cultural spheres.
Technique & Style
The final piece is a digital print produced after the random selection process. Although the source images retain their original styles—Magritte’s precise surrealism and a photographic likeness of Tsvetaeva—the print itself is rendered in a uniform, high‑resolution format suitable for archival paper. The artist’s signature is applied digitally to the finished sheet.
History & Provenance
The work was generated by Natassa Poulantza, who programmed and curated the Game of Fortune application. Each print is a one‑off artifact, created at the moment of user selection and subsequently documented as a signed edition on archival material, ensuring a traceable provenance linked to the artist’s digital practice.
Context
Game of Fortune situates itself within contemporary explorations of chance, authorship, and the remix culture of the digital age. By pairing canonical visual art with intellectual portraits, the project comments on the randomness of cultural association and the role of technology in reshaping how artworks are experienced and collected.
Legacy
Prints such as this exemplify a hybrid of interactive media and traditional printmaking, expanding the definition of what constitutes an original artwork. They also highlight the ongoing relevance of historic figures like Magritte and Tsvetaeva within modern digital frameworks, prompting ongoing scholarly interest in cross‑disciplinary reinterpretations.
Artist & collection
Artist
These drawings mash up famous artists and writers—Franz Marc with Nikos Poulantzas, Mark Rothko with Michel Foucault—layering ink on paper to pair their styles.
Museum
Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
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