【Basic Art 2.0】MAGRITTE，马格里特

Frommeninbowlerhats,floatinginthesky,toapaintingofapipeabovethecaption"thisisnotapipe",RenéMagritte(1898–1967)createdanechochamberofobjectandimage,nameandthing,realityandrepresentation.LikeotherSurrealistworks,Magritte’spaintingscombineaprecise,mimetictechniquewithabnormal,alienatingconfigurationswhichdefythelawsofscale,logic,andscience:acombthesizeofawardrobe,rocksthatfloatinthesky,cloudsthatdriftthroughanopendoor.Theresultisadirectyetdisorientatingrealm,oftenwitty,oftenunsettling,andalwayspromptingustolookbeyondthevisible,to“whatishiddenbywhatwesee.”ThisintroductorybookexploresMagritte'svastrepertoireofvisualhumor,paradox,andsurprisewhichtothisdaymakesuslookandlookagain,notonlyatthepainting,butatoursenseofselfandtheworld.