{"product_id":"magritte-s-apple","title":"Magritte’s Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eKlaas Verplancke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-text-separator\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 x 1 x 30 cm | 32 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThames \u0026amp; Hudson | 2016 | 9780500651032\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man named René floats through the world of his dreams and imagination, fulfilling his desire to become a painter – of apples and hats, apple hats, apple-these and apple-thats. In his paintings, leaves are lips, baguettes are noses, the right side is never up, and the upside is never down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn this surreal picture book Klaas Verplancke introduces René Magritte as a painter short of subjects. The illustrations show the painter literally lying awake surrounded by walls covered in empty frames. Magritte is not interested in the depiction of reality; it makes him literally fall asleep. What he fails to do during the day manifests itself in his dreams: he projects himself onto the canvas as he shapes his world-famous apple.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph paragraph--text size--full align--justified\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Verplancke demonstrates how our everyday reality is distorted; existing figures and objects are given a new content, and merge into new creations. Margritte’s evolution into a world-renowned painter emerges almost unconsciously. Again we find ourselves in Magritte’s bedroom: this time the painter is surrounded by countless creations of his own. Canvases and frames give access via painted doors and windows to a reality beyond our reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph paragraph--text size--full align--justified\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"copy\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagritte’s Apple\u003c\/em\u003e is a successful introduction to the richly nuanced oeuvre of the Belgian artist, which at the same time invites one to explore further. Verplancke shows himself a born surrealist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlaas Verplancke is a Belgian author, illustrator, and professor of illustration. His books have won multiple awards and his illustrations have been published in the New York Times, as well as in dozens of magazines and newspapers throughout Europe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48248918212866,"sku":"BK-TAH-MAGAPP-001-OP","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_7504_5c8ae249-c2aa-48b0-ad9f-ce05e43a992e.jpg?v=1787917855","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/magritte-s-apple","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}