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[Rīga] : Latvijas Laikmektīgās mākslas centrs, ©2015
Description
What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René 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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Original language
French
Original publication date
1973
Physical description
96 p.; 18 cm
Pages
96
ISBN
9789934850967
Local notes
Tulkojumu sērija