Le Surrealisme au service de la revolution

Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution (Surrealism in the service of the revolution) was a periodical issued by the Surrealist Group in Paris between 1930 and 1933. It was the successor of "La Révolution surréaliste" (published 1924-29) and proceeded the primarily surrealist publication "Minotaure" (1933 to 1939).

After the writing of his "Second Manifesto of Surrealism" (1929), which announced the expulsions of several prior surrealists due to theoretical differences, Andre Breton and his supporters developed a new, more politically charged publication. The first issue of "Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution" was published in June of 1930, and was followed by five more issues through 1933. Contributers included Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rene Crevel, Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dali, Rene Char, Benjamin Peret, Louis Aragon, and Luis Bunuel, among others.

Selected Issues

Issue 1 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rene Crevel, Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dali, Rene Char, Benjamin Peret, and Louis Aragon, among others. Illustrations include stills from Luis Bunuel's film "L'Age d'Or", paintings by Salvador Dali, and a drawing of the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky with a skeleton.

Issue 2 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rene Crevel, Rene Char, Benjamin Peret, Marcel Duchamp, Louis Aragon and Georges Sadoul, among others. Illustrations include paintings by Salvador Dali and Yves Tanguy, as well as a photograph by Man Ray. The issue opens with an ad for Breton's First and Second "Manifeste du Surrealisme", as well as ads for two Paris art galleries.

Issue 3 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rene Char, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Pierre Unik, Rene Crevel and Louis Aragon, among others. Illustrations include photographs of surrealist objects by Andre Breton, Gala Eluard, Valentine Hugo, Joan Miro, Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dali. The issue opens with an ad for the books "L'Immaculee conception" by Breton & Eluard, "La Peinture au defi" by Aragon, and "La Femme Visible" by Dali.

Issue 4 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rene Char, Tristan Tzara, Salvador Dali, Pierre Unik, Rene Crevel and Louis Aragon, among others. Illustrations include a collage by Max Ernst, and paintings by Yves Tanguy and Salvador Dali. The issue opens with an add for several books by Dali.

Issue 5 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Pierre Unik, Paul Nouge and Louis Aragon, among others. Illustrations include works by Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Valentine Hugo, Max Ernst and Man Ray. The issue opens with ads for numerous surrealist books by Peret, Tzara, Breton, Dali, and Crevel, as well as publications by Achim D'Arnim and Lautreamont. There is also the promotion of a major exhibit of surrealist art objects.

Issue 6 features written contributions by Andre Breton, Luis Bunuel, Rene Char, Tristan Tzara, and Benjamin Peret, among others. Illustrations include works by Alberto Giacometti, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Valentine Hugo, Salvador Dali and Yves Tanguy. The issue opens with an ad for the next surrealist periodical "Minotaure".

ee also

* "Acéphale", a surrealist review created by Georges Bataille, published from 1936 to 1939
* "Documents", a surrealist journal edited by Georges Bataille from 1929 to 1930
* "Minotaure", a primarily surrealist-oriented publication founded by Albert Skira, published in Paris from 1933 to 1939
* "View", an American art magazine, primarily covering avant-garde and surrealist art, published from 1940 to 1947
* "VVV" - a New York journal published by emigré European surrealists from 1942 through 1944

References

Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution. Jean Michel Place, Paris, 1976.

Durozoi, Gerard. "History of the Surrealist Movement". The University of Chicago Press, 1997.