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Kickin’ It Old School: The Classic Surrealism of René Magritte
Posted onOctober 18, 2012byStephen Kelly Creative
For the most part, my Thursday Art posts have featured artists who företräda a new brand of “pop surrealists.” Modern day artists like Michael Sowa, Hsiao-Ron Cheng, Paul Barnes and Hillary White all adhere closely to the basic tenants of surrealism while bringing their own unique perspectives and influences to the table. But to see how these artists got to where they are, sometimes we need to revisit the past, and where better than with the work of legendary surrealist artist René Magritte.
Born in Belgium in 1898, Magritte kicked around the French art world, influenced by Impressionist, Cubist and Futurism styles, before returning to Belgium in 1930. It was following this period that he created his best known works while becoming one of the most influential of the surrealists. Rene Magritte died in 1967 at the age of 68.
Magritte’s
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LACAN, THE EXHIBITION. WHEN ART MEETS PSYCHOANALYSIS
The ideas of Jacques Lacan are, alongside the work of Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze, essential for understanding our contemporary world. While homages and exhibitions have already examined most of these intellectual figures, the thought of Lacan has not been dealt with in museums to date, even though he was strongly attached to works of art.
In a text devoted to the work of Marguerite Duras, Lacan declared that “in his materials, the artist always […] precedes him [the analyst] and so he does not have to play the psychologist where the artist has paved the way for him” (“Hommage fait à Marguerite Duras du Ravissement de Lol V Stein” (1965), Autres écrits, Paris, Seuil, 2001).
Curated by Marie-Laure Bernadac and Bernard Marcadé, the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou-Metz was the first dedicated to Jacques Lacan. Over 40 years after the psychoanalyst’s death, it seemed u
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Bleistiftzeichnung auf der Rückseite einer französischen Buchseite, 1948
Rechts mittig signiert "Mag". 13 x 17 cm ( 5,1 x 6,6 in). Papier: 13,3 x 22,4 cm (5,2 x 8,8 in).
Das Werk wurde nach Vorlage an Dr. David Sylvester und Luigi Carluccio im Mai 1979 durch die Menil Foundation, London dokumentiert
PROVENIENZ: Galerie D'endt n.v., Amsterdam (mit zwei Etiketten auf der Rahmenrückwand).
Privatsammlung Italien.
Ausstellung: Galleria d'Arte Moderna L' Approdo, Turin, 10.11.-3.12. 1969, Kat.Nr. 11 und der Registriernr. 1106 (mit dem Etikett und zwei Galeriestempeln auf der Rahmenrückwand)
Galleria 'Il Fauno', Turin 1977.
LITERATUR: Ausst.Kat. Galleria della Trinitá, Rom 1969/ 70, Kat.Nr. 7 (mit zwei Galleriestempeln auf der Rahmenrückwand).
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