Magritte

Description

Through shock and paradox, René Magritte set out to reveal the mysterious nature of thought. His paintings, with their unexpected juxtaposition of objects, are a deliberate defiance of common sense. In her classic study, Suzi Gablik elucidates Magritte's major themes by classifying his work in related groups of images, each painting having a positional value in a sequence, in addition to its intrinsic value. She shows how Magritte was never involved in the experimental techniques and stylistic innovations of the other Surrealists, and how, as a result, his work has proved to hold more options for the future.