Book Design and the Spirit of Magritte
Karl Baden writes:
The book exhibition La Culture des Idées: Book design and the spirit of Magritte is currently on display through March 19, 2006, in the atrium of Bapst Art Library, on the campus of Boston College.
These are not Magrittes; the book covers in this exhibition are inspired by him, and appropriate his imagery. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Magritte might be said to be one of the most flattered of artists. The skeptical Walloon undoubtedly would have had something to say on this topic, however.
René Magritte (1898-1967) was the most important Belgian Surrealist; he transcends his national origins, and has become an artist of the world. His art was dedicated to the freedom of thought, and continues to have broad appeal to artists and members of the public who delight in the aesthetics of surprise. At the conclusion of his 1928 novel of mad love, Nadja, André Breton defined the essential quality of Surrealist art as “convulsive beauty” – “Beauty will be convulsive, or it will not be at all.”
The exhibition is free and open to the public — if you’re in or near Boston, enjoy!
Thanks, Karl.
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Posted by Giles, Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at 3:55 PM.
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