René Magritte
The Pleasure Principle
24 Jun - 16 Oct 2011
René Magritte (1898 to 1967) is one of the most revered and popular artists of the 20th century. During summer 2011 Tate Liverpool will present René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle, the first major exhibition of the Belgian Surrealist in the UK in almost 20 years.
The Pleasure Principle aims to focus on the less explored aspects of Magritte’s life and artistic practice, and will focus on themes including the artist’s use of pattern and artifice, ideas and revelation, and visual fracture and eroticism. The exhibition will also investigate the relationship between Magritte’s painterly work and commercial design, and the inspiration he drew from mass market literature and popular culture.
The exhibition will trace these themes in Magritte’s major paintings as well as in his early commercial work, in drawings and collages, and in his rarely seen photographs and films.
Featuring major works from across the world and from all stages of the artist’s career, The Pleasure Principle will display over 100 artworks, many not seen before in the UK.
The Pleasure Principle aims to focus on the less explored aspects of Magritte’s life and artistic practice, and will focus on themes including the artist’s use of pattern and artifice, ideas and revelation, and visual fracture and eroticism. The exhibition will also investigate the relationship between Magritte’s painterly work and commercial design, and the inspiration he drew from mass market literature and popular culture.
The exhibition will trace these themes in Magritte’s major paintings as well as in his early commercial work, in drawings and collages, and in his rarely seen photographs and films.
Featuring major works from across the world and from all stages of the artist’s career, The Pleasure Principle will display over 100 artworks, many not seen before in the UK.