Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images
by Stephanie Barron, Michel Draguet, Dickran Tashjian
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Author: Dickran Tashjian, Michel Draguet, Stephanie BarronEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-15
ISBN: 9055446211
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Ludion/Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Book Review: An influencial artist
Summary: 5 Stars
Magritte is possibly the most influencial artist -along with Warhol- of the second half of the XXth century. This book, a catalogue for a ground-breaking exhibition held at the LACMA in 2006, thoroughly and vividly studies this influence by confronting his work to those of many of today's best artists (Jasper Johns, Ed Rusha, Vija Celmins and many more). All of them, either through their works or through the interviews carried out on the occasion of that show and published in this book, acknowledge their debt to the Belgian master who taught them to see in another way. The lesson to be drawn from this book is indeed that what we see may not be what we see, that the obvious may not be so and that the ones who can best make us understand this are the artists themselves.
A treasure trove of illustrations, many of works belonging to private collections, enhance the already high quality of the text.
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