August 22nd, 2019

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THE TREACHERY OF IMAGERY

By Jeff Stein   “This is not a pipe” Rene Magritte   The artist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) worried about his fellow humans misunderstanding the world by experiencing it only through images. “The treachery of imagery” he called it and made this painting that describes his concern. Of course, the issue for Magritte was: it’s a PICTURE of a pipe. An

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