Description or summary of the book: What does it mean to write 'This is not a pipe' across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Rene 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.
Estimated reading time (average reader): 5H3M19S
Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: General, Architecture, Philosophy: Aesthetics, Art Books, Styles: Surrealism & Dada, Individual Artists, Art Monographs, Diaries, Letters & Journals, Paintings, Art History
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