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Although it is from the 1960s, and only bits of it appear on the net, have you tried Michel Foucault's slender volume entitled, quelle surprise, This Is Not a Pipe?
Regarding his re-use of certain images, a cynical part of me suspects that Magritte was catering to an audience and, more importantly, a market. But I also suspect that a large part of it was due to the subtle influence of advertising, in which he had of course worked, and a certain simplification that can be perceived in many post-war aesthetics. I always see a link between the iconic appearance of most of the late works, which focus on bold central images and characters, and the aesthetics of, say, Pop.
Personally, though, it is his early work, before the simpler Magritte-y formula had been honed, that I find fascinating. Gritty, dark, and all the more rewarding for it. |
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