Rene Magritte- Leci n'est pas une pipe.

                                                     

Here is a piece by Rene Magritte named Leci n'est pas une pipe, translating to this is not a pipe. His work often displays juxtaposition of ordinary objects and putting them into a different context. This is not a pipe seems somewhat of a contradiction, but when you look at it you come to realise that this is not a pipe, its an image of a pipe. When Magritte was asked about this picture his reply was, ' of course its not a pipe, try and put some tobacco in it'.


It shows that Rene's perspective on art is very different to most artists, he believes that it is just art and nothing else, a drawing is merely an image/imitation of something. He holds no emotional attachment to his art and expects no body to have an attachment with his pieces.