I think it's simple, That is not a pipe, it is a painting of a pipe. Magritte was wonderfully simple and profound like that, did you check out the Magritte exhibit that was at LACMA earlier this year?
The presentation of the photographs is quite humorous. This is because it reminds me of the talk we had during the first day of class about "is this a desk or a chair?" talk. Referring back to the discussions of Fallacies, is that truly a pipe? A pipe is something the common people agree is a long metal pipe used to transfer fluids from a sink. Thus, asking a fallacy such as "Is this a pipe" prity much invalidates the logical norm that yes it is. I guess one could see this as a an old hearing aid the small end can go into ones ear. Or it can also be used as a small water pot by putting water at the cupped end. And therefore the logical norm is invalidated. This first photograph also gets viewers to think. Since both pictures were created in the Surrealist movement in theearly 20th century it was intended to make viewers think of what is known and what is fantastic imagenary.
The secpmd photograph shows what two common people one one in suit probably has a white collar job in an office and his brother who is a blue collar plumber are both pointing to what the general consent of a pipe is and both are saying" This is not a pipe". This shows the viewers that anyone can have a surrealist mentality and it should be used as a way for people to wake up and accept this ideal. Basically a "think outside the box" kind of mentality is what both paintings are trying to create.
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I think it's simple, That is not a pipe, it is a painting of a pipe. Magritte was wonderfully simple and profound like that, did you check out the Magritte exhibit that was at LACMA earlier this year?
The presentation of the photographs is quite humorous. This is because it reminds me of the talk we had during the first day of class about "is this a desk or a chair?" talk. Referring back to the discussions of Fallacies, is that truly a pipe? A pipe is something the common people agree is a long metal pipe used to transfer fluids from a sink. Thus, asking a fallacy such as "Is this a pipe" prity much invalidates the logical norm that yes it is. I guess one could see this as a an old hearing aid the small end can go into ones ear. Or it can also be used as a small water pot by putting water at the cupped end. And therefore the logical norm is invalidated. This first photograph also gets viewers to think. Since both pictures were created in the Surrealist movement in theearly 20th century it was intended to make viewers think of what is known and what is fantastic imagenary.
The secpmd photograph shows what two common people one one in suit probably has a white collar job in an office and his brother who is a blue collar plumber are both pointing to what the general consent of a pipe is and both are saying" This is not a pipe". This shows the viewers that anyone can have a surrealist mentality and it should be used as a way for people to wake up and accept this ideal. Basically a "think outside the box" kind of mentality is what both paintings are trying to create.
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