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Magritte : the mystery of the ordinary, 1926-1938

Magritte, Renâe, 1898-1967, artist, Umland, Anne, editor, D'Alessandro, Stephanie, contributor, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), Art Institute of Chicago

Overview

The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938 focuses on the breakthrough surrealist years of Renâe Magritte, creator of some of the 20th century's most extraordinary images. Bringing together nearly 80 paintings, periodicals and early commercial work, it offers fresh insight into Magritte's identity as a revolutionary painter and surrealist artist. Beginning in 1926, when Magritte first aimed to create paintings that would, in his words, challenge the real world, and concluding in 1938 a historically and biographically significant moment just before the outbreak of World War II. The publication traces central strategies and themes from this seminal period, particularly those of displacement, transformation, metamorphosis, the misnaming of objects, and the representation of visions seen in half-waking states. The publication also presents new conservation research on Magritte's materials and techniques, and an illustrated chronology outlining significant moments in the artist's life during this significant period, including travel, connections with other surrealist artists and writers, contributions to journals, and important exhibitions and reviews.

• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Subject: Magritte, Renâe, 1898-1967 Exhibitions. / Magritte, Renâe, 1898-1967 Biography. / Magritte, Renâe, 1898-1967. / Surrealism Belgium Exhibitions.
• ISBN: 9780870708657, 0870708651, 9780870708985

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ND673.M35 A4 2013	1	BOOK	ARTS