This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte

Gagosian presents an exhibition dedicated to René Magritte and his enduring influence on contemporary art, featuring significant paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from all periods of his career alongside works by more than forty artists. About Gagosian is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to René Magritte and his enduring influence on the art of today, opening on September 24 at the Grosvenor Hill gallery in London. Organized in collaboration with the Fondation Magritte, This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte examines the artist's legacy through significant paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from all periods of his career. Featuring loans from museums and private collectors, these include some of his best-known subjects, from apples and pipes to bowler hats and cotton-cloud skies. They are juxtaposed with works by more than forty artists of different generations, many of which have been created specifically for the exhibition, in a striking installation inspired by the iconic and paradoxical aspects of Magritte's practice. The exhibition's earliest painting, Les Fleurs du voyage (The Flowers of the Journey, 1926), is a symbol-laden landscape included in Magritte's debut one-person exhibition at Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, in 1927. Painted only a few weeks after his arrival in Paris, L'Ombre céleste (The Celestial Shade, 1927) was featured in the legendary exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1936–37. Le Parfum de l'abîme (The Scent of the Abyss, 1928) was first owned by André Breton, founder of the Surrealist movement. La Malédiction (The Curse, 1931) is the artist's earliest single-panel canvas solely of a cloud-filled sky. La Clef des songes (The Interpretation of Dreams, 1935) was painted for Magritte's first solo exhibition in the United States, held at Julien Levy Gallery, New York, in 1936. Widely understood as a conceptual self-portrait, La Lampe philosophique (The Philosopher's Lamp, 1936) epitomizes Magritte's pictorial explorations of paradox and introspection. The painting was included in Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006–07) and was made shortly before the landmark 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, London, a short walk from the Grosvenor Hill gallery. Read more Toggle Sculpture Painting Drawing