Magritte [Hardcover]

From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption this is not a pipe ,Ren? Magritte (18981967)created anecho chamber of object and image, name and thing, reality and representation.

Like other Surrealist works, Magrittes paintings combine aprecise, mimetic techniquewithabnormal, alienating configurationswhich defy the laws of scale, logic, and science: a comb the size of a wardrobe, rocks that float in the sky, clouds that drift through an open door. The result is a direct yet disorientating realm, often witty, often unsettling, and always prompting us to look beyond the visible, to what is hidden by what we see.

This introductory book explores Magritte's vast repertoire ofvisual humor, paradox, and surprisewhich to this day makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.

BAMeet the Belgian Surrealist forever on the hunt for magic and mystery. This introduction to Magritte presents key works from the artist's vast repertoire of visual humor, paradox, and surprise which makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.