Vers l'absurde

g i r l h a t t a n

jessie in stitches

October 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31  

« Dressing Windows | Main | And now you're smart. »

March 13, 2007

Smart Alec, Sacre Bleu!

                         Ceci_pipe_2 

Rene Magritte
(1898 - 1967)

The Treachery of Images (La Trahison des Images)
(1928 - 1929)

Rene Magritte, a Belgian artist, is widely considered the father of surrealism. In The Treachery of Images, he challenges the viewer to explore the notion of perception. By painting a photorealistic pipe and then stating that "this is not a pipe," Magritte presents the viewer with a paradox. Is in fact, not a pipe. It is a painting of a pipe. That smart-alec!

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/1027445/16871052

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Smart Alec, Sacre Bleu!:

Comments

Oui, plutôt fin. There's a good book by Foucault about this.
Good piece about Warcraft by the way.

Sam

Post a comment

If you have a TypeKey or TypePad account, please Sign In