Another button from Jim, to celebrate our seeing the Late Surrealism exhibition at the Menil Collection during his visit to Houston. I was a little surprised to see works by some of my favorite Abstract Expressionists in this installation (Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock), but the curator, Michelle White, wrote a compelling essay describing the influence of Surrealism on Abstract Expressionism and how the works of these two movements intersect.
This button is a detail from Surrealist painter Rene Magritte’s Le fils de l’homme (The Son of Man), a self-portrait from 1964.
this is what I thought of the second I saw your button … which does not speak well of my tastes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mNq6yxzp3E
Whatever rocks your world!
Of all the people who recorded that Bacharach song … why Tom Jones? Not that I’m speaking of tastes.
I always think of Roger Miller’s version when I think of the song. The songwriter was Bobby Russell, who also penned “Honey” (made famous by Bobby Goldsboro) and “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (for his then-wife Vicki Lawrence).
They were all huge hits, but I’d be okay with not hearing any of them again.
Amazing, I actually knew it was Magritte hiding behind that apple.
I feel certain St. Louis must have at least one Magritte painting, because your museums’ holdings are impressive and extensive.
I’ll try to capture it for you the next time I visit. And why did I think Burt wrote that song?
Yes, they just have one work by him.
http://www.slam.org/emuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=Browse¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=Magritte&quicksearch=Magritte&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1
Was it “The Active Voice?” For some reason, the HTML wasn’t working, so I went searching and found that one and changed the link in your comment. Hope it’s the right work!
Because it came from a time when Burt was writing damn near everything?