Magritte the mystery of the ordinary, 1926-1938

• Date de parution : 29/08/2013
• Editeur : Moma
• EAN : 9780870708657
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 240
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Art en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this catalogue focuses on the breakthrough surrealist years of René Magritte, creator of some of the 20th century's most extraordinary images. Bringing together nearly 80 paintings, periodicals and... Voir plus

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this catalogue focuses on the breakthrough surrealist years of René Magritte, creator of some of the 20th century's most extraordinary images. Bringing together nearly 80 paintings, periodicals and early commercial work, it offers fresh insight into Magritte's identity as a revolutionary painter and surrealist artist. Beginning in 1926, when Magritte first aimed to create paintings that would, in his words, 'challenge the real world', and concluding in 1938 - a historically and biographically significant moment just before the outbreak of World War II - the publication traces central strategies and themes from this seminal period, particularly those of diplacement, transformation, metamorphosis, the 'misnaming' of objects, and the representation of visions seen in half-waking states.