Saturday, December 4, 2010

Question 4- Signification

The image shows a picture of a pipe, but the text below it signifies it as "not a pipe." Saussure was a linguist who wondered why a table meant "table." This relates to the picture because the text below the pipe goes against the clear signifers that we are in fact looking at a pipe. The cultural construction of a pipe is evident in the image, but the artist wanted it to signify something different.

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