This is Not a Pipe

Zusatztext "Foucault poses major questions about pictorial reference, and his original and novel account is worth arguing with." Informationen zum Autor One of the most important theorists of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault's (1926-1984) many influential books include Discipline and Punish, The Archeology of Knowledge, The History of Sexuality, and The Discourse on Language. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, the author finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Foucault, Michel Foucault
• Assisted by: Rene Magritte (Illustration), René Magritte (Illustration), James Harkness (Editor), Harkness James (Editor), James Harkness (Translation), Harkness James (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2008
• EAN: 9780520236943
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23694-3
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Quantum Books; Quantum Books; Quantum Books (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, Surrealism, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Art & Design Styles: Surrealism & Dada, Paintings and painting