Mirror

A true reflection

Manet in commenting on Bar at the Folies-Bergere said,

"Everything is mere appearance, the pleasure of a passing hour, a midsummer night's dream. Only painting, the reflection of a reflection - but the reflection, too of eternity - can record some of the glitter of this mirage..."

Manet's painting, which was inspired by Velazquez's Las Meninas, in turn served as inspiration for Jeff Wall's Picture for Woman. Art inspires art and to a certain extent good art is the combination of innovation and imitation. Retracing the reflection, back to its origin seems to suggest that there must be only one starting point; A true reflection?