Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte—the artist,
Rene Magritte (1898–1967) was a surrealist artist whose thought-provoking works used ordinary objects to challenge how viewers perceived reality. His extensive oeuvre was documented in a comprehensive
This book?offers a rethinking of Magritte’s art from a position informed by contemporary developments in art theory.?The book employs a wide range of literary and philosophical/cultural theoretical fr