The everyday mystery of the most prominent Belgian surrealist
With its bowler-hatted men floating in the sky or the painting of a pipe above the legend "This is not a pipe", René Magritte (1898-1967) created a sounding board of objects and images, names and things, reality and representation .
Like other surrealist works, Magritte's paintings combine a precise mimetic technique with unusual alienating configurations that defy the laws of scale, logic, and science. A comb the size of a wardrobe, rocks floating in the sky, clouds passing through an open door: the result is a straightforward yet disorienting world, often ingenious and perplexing, which invariably compels us to try to see beyond the visible and discern " what lies hidden behind what we see ."
This introductory book explores the wide repertoire of Visual humor, paradox and surprise Magritte's work still inspires us to repeatedly examine not only painting, but also our condition as individuals and the world around us.
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.63 kg, 96 pages
