Rene Magritte 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 frameworks to analyze Magritte's
art. It offers close readings of specific images, paying attention
to neglected aspects of Magritte's work, discussing the
significance of cabinets of curiosities and encyclopedias, trompe
l'oeil, framing and forgeries. It addresses a range of intertextual
relations between Magritte's work and that of other Surrealist
artists and the art-historical tradition.
This highly readable text explores how Magritte's art challenges
conventional notions of originality, canonicity and coherence,
revealing his work as being shaped by co-operations and co-options.
It demonstrates that uncertainty, incoherence and negation lie at
the core of Magritte's oeuvre.
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