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Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images
November 19. 2006–March 4, 2007 | Modern and Contemporary Art Building
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images is the first major exhibition to explore the impact of Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte's (1898-1967) work on U.S. and European artists of the post-war generation. Featuring sixty-eight paintings and drawings by Magritte, including many international loans of his signature works, and sixty-eight works in diverse media by thirty-one contemporary artists such as Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Vija Celmins, Robert Gober, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol, the exhibition examines the different and sometimes unconscious ways that pop, conceptual, and post-modern sensibilities have referenced Magritte's ideas and imagery. In addition, the exhibition installation is specially designed by conceptual artist John Baldessari and includes an inventive presentation that is playful and humorous, yet provides a deep visual understanding of Magritte's work. Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images is on view at LACMA from November 19, 2006, through March 4, 2007, and will not travel to other venues. At the center of the exhibition is LACMA's Magritte masterpiece— The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a Pipe), (1929)—a seminal painting and popular cultural icon.
Curators: Stephanie Barron, Modern Art, LACMA, and Michel Draguet, Director Musée Royaux de Bruxelles.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is presented by Lexus. It was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Frederick R. Weisman Philanthropic Foundation. In-kind media support for the exhibition was provided by CBS/Decaux and 89.9 KCRW. In-kind support for the exhibition was provided by The Beverly Hilton. This exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanties.
René Magritte, The Treachery of Images (This is not a pipe), 1929, oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 37 in. (64.5 x 94 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection, © C. Herscovici, London/Artists Rights Society (ARS), N.Y. 2006, photo © 2006 Museum Associates/LACMA.
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Exhibition Extra
Q&A: Ed Ruscha
Essay: Robert Gober and Magritte
Antenna Audio Tour Highlight [requires Flash 6 plugin]
John Baldessari on the exhibition design [video]
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