Time Transfixed《凝固的时间》

爱艺

Time Transfixed is an oil on canvas painting by Rene Magritte. It is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and is usually on display in the museums new Modern Wing.

The painting was one of many done for surrealist patron and Magritte supporter Edward James. This was the second painting delivered to James for his London ballroom.

Time Transfixed was purchased by the Art Institute from James in 1970 when he was raising capital to build his surrealist sculpture garden Las Pozas1.

The painting depicts a “Black Five” locomotive jutting out of a fireplace， at full speed， in an empty room. Only the clock and left candlestick are reflected in the mirror on the mantle， suggesting that there are neither people nor furniture in the room. Notably， the candlestick on the right has no reflection.

Magritte described his motivation for this painting：

I decided to paint the image of a locomotive ... In order for its mystery to be evoked， another immediately familiar image without mystery—the image of a dining room fireplace—was joined.

The title of the painting translates to English literally as “Ongoing Time Stabbed by a Dagger” and Magritte was reportedly unhappy with the generally accepted translation of “Time Transfixed”. Magritte hoped that James would hang the painting at the base of his staircase so that the train would “stab” guests on their way up to the ballroom. James instead chose to hang the painting above his own fireplace.

《凝固的时间》是勒内·马格利特创作的一幅布面油画。它是芝加哥美术馆（又称芝加哥艺术博物馆）的永久藏品，通常在该馆新馆“现代之翼”展出。

马格利特为超现实主义运动赞助人、自己的支持者爱德华·詹姆斯创作过很多作品，此画是其中之一。这也是马格利特为詹姆斯的伦敦舞厅所画的第二幅画。

1970年，芝加哥美术馆从詹姆斯手中购得《凝固的时间》，当时詹姆斯正在筹资建造他的超现实主义雕塑园“池塘”。

这幅画描绘了一间空房里一个“黑五”火車头全速冲出壁炉的情景。壁炉架上的镜子里只有座钟和左边烛台的映象，表明房间里既没人也没家具。很特别的一点是，镜中没有右边烛台的映象。

马格利特曾这样描述此画的创作动机：

我决定画一个火车头……为了让它具有神秘感，我加上了另一个人们很熟悉、毫无神秘感的形象——餐厅壁炉。

这幅画画名的英文直译是“匕首刺断的时间流”，据称马格利特对目前普遍接受的译名《凝固的时间》并不满意。马格利特希望詹姆斯把此画挂在楼梯基座处，这样火车就会“前冲刺向”去往舞厅的客人;但詹姆斯没有采纳他的建议，而是将画挂在了自己房间壁炉的上方。

1与众不同的英国诗人、艺术家和超现实主义运动赞助人爱德华·詹姆斯设计建造的一组超现实主义建筑，位于墨西哥的热带丛林中。雕塑园始建于1962年，建造持续20多年，直到1984年詹姆斯去世，耗资超过500万美元。园中约有36座超现实主义风格的混凝土雕塑，超过80英亩的自然瀑布和池塘穿插其间。在西班牙语中，Las Pozas意为“池塘”，得名于园中自然形成的9个池塘。