This Is Not a Pipe (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Michel Foucault; Edited by James Harkness; Translated by James Harkness; Illustrated by Rene Magritte

Series: Quantum Books, 24

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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.

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Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Quantum Books, 24
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Michel Foucault
Editors:	James Harkness
Translators:	James Harkness
Illustrators:	Rene Magritte
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	104
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-23694-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-23694-7
Barcode:	9780520236943