Magritte Catalogue [ppt]
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In-Class Discussion/Activity
Field Trip to the Museum of Modern Art: Meet at MoMA!
Exhibition: Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938 September 28, 2013–January 12, 2014 This exhibition, co-organized by The Museum of Modern Art, The Menil Collection, Houston, and The Art Institute of Chicago, is the first to focus exclusively on the breakthrough Surrealist years of René Magritte, creator of some of the 20th century’s most extraordinary images. Beginning in 1926, when Magritte first aimed to create paintings that would, in his words, “challenge the real world,” and concluding in 1938—a historically and biographically significant moment just prior to the outbreak of World War II—the exhibition traces central strategies and themes from the most inventive and experimental period in the artist’s prolific career. Displacement, transformation, metamorphosis, the “misnaming” of objects, and the representation of visions seen in half-waking states are among Magritte’s innovative image-making tactics during these essential years.
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Assignment
- Write a Wall Label on a work of art from the MoMA exhibition Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938. (Due October 30th)
- Also, Snapshot Day is October 11th (FRIDAY!) Be sure to take an NYC photograph today and upload it to the Macaulay site. You can find more about that here.
- In addition, Blog Writing Assignment #3 a statement on your photograph, is due October 15th.
