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RENE MAGRITTE ~ ON THE ART LITERATURE
20 January 2011
…all critical literature prowling around the world of art should be aware of its essential absurdity, which makes one think of a swarm of clumsy flies buzzing around a decomposing corpse.
Rene Magritte
Painting The Secret Double (Le double secret) 1927
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