Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

3 mins | Jan. 1, 1970

This is one of a series of films that Broodthaers made on the subject of the pipe, a reference to the work of René Magritte. A static camera depicts images of a pipe, clock, and smoke against a whitewashed brick wall. The superimposed titles were added in 1971, and include the labels ‘Figure I’ and ‘Figure II’, phrases that recur throughout Broodthaers oeuvre, and echo Magritte’s concern with the relationship between object, image and language.

Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe

3 mins | Jan. 1, 1970

Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe
This is one of a series of films that Broodthaers made on the subject of the pipe, a reference to the work of René Magritte. A static camera depicts images of a pipe, clock, and smoke against a whitewashed brick wall. The superimposed titles were added in 1971, and include the labels ‘Figure I’ and ‘Figure II’, phrases that recur throughout Broodthaers oeuvre, and echo Magritte’s concern with the relationship between object, image and language.
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Original title Ceci Ne Serait Pas Une Pipe
Directors Marcel Broodthaers
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