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This Is Not a Pipe
by Michel Foucault

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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 the French philosopher-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--"confronting them and within a common system, a figure at once opposed and complementary." Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. "This is Not a Pipe" also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.

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Foucault's brief but extraordinarily rich essay offers a startling, highly provocative view of a painter whose influence and popularity continue to grow unchecked. This book also throws a new, piquantly dancing light on Foucault himself.
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A.K. Strong, May 30, 2007 (view all comments by A.K. Strong)
Definately not a light read by any means, as usual with Foucault, but perhaps not his most detailed. His connections with contemporary artists are lacking no profundity, only I think the text lacks in massive historical analysis, which is the best part of reading Foucault anyways, right?
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780520049161
Translator:
Harkness, James
Author:
Magritte, Rene
Translator:
Harkness, James
Author:
Foucault, Michel
Author:
Magritte, Rene
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
Berkeley
Subject:
General
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
Individual Artist
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Art
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Magritte, rene, 1898-1967
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
History : General
Copyright:
1984
Series Volume:
no. SP-35
Publication Date:
August 1983
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
8.02x5.05x.30 in. .27 lbs.
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