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This is not a Pipe 25th Anniversary Edition (Quantum Books) 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.Read More

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    This Is Not a Pipe : Paperback : University of California Press : 9780520236943 : 0520236947 : 01 Jul 2008 : 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."

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    Michel Foucault, James Harkness (Editor), Rene Magritte (Illus)

  • 0520236947
  • 9780520236943
  • M Foucault
  • 18 July 2008
  • University of California Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 104
  • 25th Anniversary edition
  • Special Edition
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