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ceci ne sont pas cinq pipes...
Canon EOS 6D - f/3.2 - 1/16sec - 100 mm - ISO 200
These are not five pipes...
after Magritte
www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fall under the umbrella of surrealism. His work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality.
Magritte's work frequently displays a collection of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things. The use of objects as other than what they seem is typified in his painting, 'The Treachery of Images' (La trahison des images), which shows a pipe that looks as though it is a model for a tobacco store advertisement. Magritte painted below the pipe "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"), which seems a contradiction, but is actually true: the painting is not a pipe, it is an image of a pipe. When Magritte was once asked about this image, he replied that of course it was not a pipe, just try to fill it with tobacco.
ceci ne sont pas cinq pipes...
Canon EOS 6D - f/3.2 - 1/16sec - 100 mm - ISO 200
These are not five pipes...
after Magritte
www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fall under the umbrella of surrealism. His work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality.
Magritte's work frequently displays a collection of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things. The use of objects as other than what they seem is typified in his painting, 'The Treachery of Images' (La trahison des images), which shows a pipe that looks as though it is a model for a tobacco store advertisement. Magritte painted below the pipe "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"), which seems a contradiction, but is actually true: the painting is not a pipe, it is an image of a pipe. When Magritte was once asked about this image, he replied that of course it was not a pipe, just try to fill it with tobacco.