What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren??? Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault. Much better known for his incisive and mordant explorations of power and social exclusion, Foucault here assumes a more playful stance. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of ...
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What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren??? Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault. Much better known for his incisive and mordant explorations of power and social exclusion, Foucault here assumes a more playful stance. By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, he finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction.
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New. What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, the author finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction. Illustrator(s): Magritte, Rene. Editor(s): Harkness, James. Translator(s): Harkness, James. Series: Quantum Books. Num Pages: 104 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128. 2008. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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