Contimporanul

Contimporanul

Contimporanul (antiquated spelling of the Romanian word for "the Contemporary", singular masculine form) was a Romanian (initially a weekly and later a monthly) avant-garde literary and art magazine, published in Bucharest between June 1922 and 1932. Edited by Ion Vinea, Contimporanul was prolific in the area of art criticism, dedicating entire issues to modern art phenomena, and organizing the Bucharest International Modern Art Exhibit in December 1924 (with the participation of Constantin Brâncuşi).

Several writers contributing to Contimporanul soon moved on to adopt more specific styles, including a literary form of constructivism (which was the dominant style of the magazine for a certain period),[1] Dada, and, eventually, surrealism.

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History

Seeing itself as a direct successor to Contemporanul, it first advertised itself as a "social magazine", it became a voice for modernism in 1924, when it published a manifesto virulenly attacking the cultural establishment (Manifest activist către tinerime - "Activist Manifesto to the Youth"). It stated:

"Down with Art
For it has prostituted itself!
[...]
WE WANT
the miracle of the new and self-reliant word; the strict and swift eloquent expression of Morse-code machines."[2]

Throughout its existence, Contimporanul was a virulent opponent of Gândirea; thus, it kept a more reserved attitude toward Expressionism (which was promoted by the latter).[3] Nevertheless, it published articles by Herwarth Walden, and several other of its contributors were enthusiastic supporters of Der Sturm guidelines.[4]

Notable contributors

Romanian

Foreign

Notes

  1. ^ Grigorescu, p.392-394
  2. ^ Contimporanul, in Din presa..., p.372
  3. ^ Grigorescu, p.389
  4. ^ Grigorescu, p.389, 391-392, 394

References

  • Dan Grigorescu, Istoria unei generaţii pierdute: expresioniştii, Ed. Eminescu, Bucharest, 1980
  • Eugen Marinescu (ed.), Din presa literară românească (1918-1944), Ed. Albatros, Bucharest, 1986

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