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196014 minPGdocumentary

5.8/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

Magritte or the Object Lesson

196014 minPGdocumentary

5.8/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

Magritte's art unveils the surreal links between objects and their meanings.

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Magritte's art unveils the surreal links between objects and their meanings.

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Luc de Heuschdirector

Luc de Heuschwriter

Jacques Delcordewriter

Serge Sauvion

Serge Sauvioncast

René Magritte

René Magrittecast

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The surrealist painter René Magritte questions the objective reality and emphasizes the arbitrariness of the relationship between an object, its image and its name: the evocation of mystery consists of images of familiar things gathered or transformed in such a way that they no longer conform to our ideas, whether naive or wise.

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