René Magritte’s paintings turned the ordinary into riddles. With pipe that is not a pipe, apples that swallow entire rooms, or skies that intrude upon interiors, Magritte subverted both vision and language. His paradoxical juxtapositions destabilize reality, making the familiar suddenly uncanny. In The Son of Man and related works, the human figure becomes an enigma, face obscured, identity suspended, reminding us that representation always conceals as much as it reveals.