MAGRITTE AND CONTEMPORARY ART: The Treachery of Images

Magritte, René; Barron, Stephanie; Draguet, Michel

ISBN 10: 9055446211 / ISBN 13: 9789055446216

Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Ludion, (Los Angeles / Ghent), 2006

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First edition of this companion to an exhibition that pairs the paintings of the Belgian surrealist with the work of contemporary conceptual artists. 12'' x 9.25. Original tan cloth boards, brown lettering on spine and front board. In original color pictorial jacket (no price, as issued), featuring Magritte's painting "Time Transfered." Brown endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and in color. 255, [1] pages. Jacket with a touch of sunning to spine and front joint. Clean. Seller Inventory # 51523

Bibliographic Details

Title: MAGRITTE AND CONTEMPORARY ART: The Treachery...

Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Ludion, (Los Angeles / Ghent)

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in near fine jacket.

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Magritte's seminal painting "The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a Pipe)" is a Surrealist and Modernist masterpiece that has become an instantly recognizable pop culture icon. It's also an excellent image with which to begin a serious discussion about the meaning(s) of representation. While many books and exhibitions have undertaken to survey the work of Magritte, and while many have acknowledged his profound impact upon other artists of his generation, none has yet studied the precise connections between Magritte's work and today's top contemporary artists. In The Treachery of Images, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art brings together more than 50 of the most important Magrittes with an equal number of very significant works by contemporary artists, both cool and edgy, including Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Vija Celmins, Joseph Kosuth, Sherrie Levine, Richard Artschwager, Jeff Koons, Martin Kippenberger, Jim Shaw, Raymond Pettibon, Robert Gober and Marcel Broodthaers. Among the distinguished contributors are the internationally renowned art writer Thierry de Duve, co-curator Michel Draguet (director of the Musees Royaux de Bruxelles), critic Pepe Karmel and art historian Dickran Tashjian. Chapters and interviews are devoted to Ruscha, Celmins, Gober and Artschwager, among others.