Magritte

Intoxicated by the promise of a promotion, Charles Singular for once allows himself a small extravagance: he buys a bowler hat. But theres a problem: this is no ordinary hat. This one once belonged to the surrealist painter Ren Magritte, and by donning it Charles has unwittingly stepped into the artists off-kilter world. Whats more, he cant escapeat least, not until he has illuminated the secrets behind Magrittes work. What follows is a hallucinatory journey through Magrittes imaginative landscape, a place where facial features mutate, the crescent moon appears in unexpected places, and answers prove frustratingly elusive. In Magritte: This is not a Biography, Vincent Zabus and Thomas Campi have created a panoramic and revealing portrait of the great surrealist, employing a playfulness and wit reminiscent of Magritte himself.