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Marcel Broodthaers — La pipe, le feu
Marcel Broodthaers

La pipe, le feu

1970

"La pipe, le feu" is a work by Belgian conceptual artist Marcel Broodthaers that combines photography with drawing media to explore the relationship between image and text. Created using felt-tip and ink applied directly onto photographic paper, the piece exemplifies Broodthaers' characteristic interrogation of representation and meaning through the juxtaposition of visual and linguistic elements. The title references both the mundane object of a pipe and the element of fire, themes that recur throughout Broodthaers' practice as he challenged conventional modes of artistic expression.

Medium
felt-tip and ink on photographic paper

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Marcel Broodthaers, La pipe, le feu, 1970

"La pipe, le feu" is a work by Belgian conceptual artist Marcel Broodthaers that combines photography with drawing media to explore the relationship between image and text. Created using felt-tip and ink applied directly onto photographic paper, the piece exemplifies Broodthaers' characteristic interrogation of representation and meaning through the juxtaposition of visual and linguistic elements. The title references both the mundane object of a pipe and the element of fire, themes that recur throughout Broodthaers' practice as he challenged conventional modes of artistic expression.

Medium
felt-tip and ink on photographic paper
Year
1970
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Word and image, 20th Century, Contemplative Mood, Belgian Artist, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Installation Art, Everyday Objects, Surrealism Influence, Poetic Abstraction

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