Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 62

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René “ too cool to wear a hat normally ” Magritte
René Magritte’s 1929 painting, nect
The Treachery of Images, has what they represent, while al-
long teased its viewers with so being a little humorous.
its paradoxical This spirit remains alive and
pairing of an image of a pipe well in today’s art - or at least,
and the words “Ceci n’est pas it did in 1962, with the publi-
une pipe.” It questioned ideas cation of Vladimir Nabokov’s
about language and mean- surreal novel, Pale Fire. In this
ing, showcasing the discon- novel, Nabokov manipulates
seemingly
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words
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