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<onlyinclude>[[Contimporanul]] (The Contemporary), 1922-1932, Bucharest. Edited by [[Ion Vinea]] and [[Marcel Janco]] . Most widely regarded of the modernist periodicals in Romania. </onlyinclude>
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'''Contimporanul''' [Contemporary] was initially a weekly and later a monthly avant-garde literary magazine, published in Bucharest in 102 issues between 1922 and 1932. Edited by [[Ion Vinea]] and [[Marcel Janco]], ''Contimporanul'' was the focus of Romanian modernism.  
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The magazine included art criticism, theoretical works on abstract art and architecture, dedicating entire issues to modern art phenomena. Several contributors 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), Dada, and, eventually, surrealism. The publication maintained a close relationship with similar foreign reviews. International figures such as [[Francis Picabia]], [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], [[André Breton]], [[Paul Éluard]], [[Herwarth Walden]] and others contributed to it.
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In November 1924, it organized [[Contimporanul Exhibition|The First Contimporanul International Exhibition]] in Bucharest, with the participation of almost entire Romanian avant-garde. The issues 50-51 and 52 (Nov-Dec 1924 and Jan 1925) largely covered that event of unprecedented magnitude in Romania. The journal organised exhibitions until 1930.
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==Issues==
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[[Image:Contimporanul_50-51_Nov-Dec_1924.jpg|thumb|185px|''Contimporanul'' 50-51 (November-December 1924). Devoted to the ''Contimporanul Exhibition''. [[Media:Contimporanul_50-51_Nov-Dec_1924.pdf|Download]].]]
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[[Image:Contimporanul_52_Jan_1925.jpg|thumb|185px|''Contimporanul'' 52 (January 1925). With a coverage of the ''Contimporanul Exhibition''. [[Media:Contimporanul_52_Jan_1925.pdf|Download]].]]
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Contimporanul Exhibition|First Contimporanul International Exhibition]]
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
 
* [[Romania#Avant-garde]]
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* [[Ion Vinea]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/13576
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* [http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/13576 Contimporanul at Biblioteca Digitală a BCU Cluj]
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* http://www.dada-companion.com/journals/per_contimporanul.php
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* [http://www.dada-companion.com/journals/per_contimporanul.php Contimporanul at Dada & Modernist Magazines]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contimporanul Contimporanul at Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contimporanul Contimporanul at Wikipedia]
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{{Avant-garde journals}}
  
 
[[Category:Constructivism]]
 
[[Category:Constructivism]]

Revision as of 23:12, 21 December 2013

Contimporanul [Contemporary] was initially a weekly and later a monthly avant-garde literary magazine, published in Bucharest in 102 issues between 1922 and 1932. Edited by Ion Vinea and Marcel Janco, Contimporanul was the focus of Romanian modernism.

The magazine included art criticism, theoretical works on abstract art and architecture, dedicating entire issues to modern art phenomena. Several contributors 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), Dada, and, eventually, surrealism. The publication maintained a close relationship with similar foreign reviews. International figures such as Francis Picabia, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, André Breton, Paul Éluard, Herwarth Walden and others contributed to it.

In November 1924, it organized The First Contimporanul International Exhibition in Bucharest, with the participation of almost entire Romanian avant-garde. The issues 50-51 and 52 (Nov-Dec 1924 and Jan 1925) largely covered that event of unprecedented magnitude in Romania. The journal organised exhibitions until 1930.

Issues

Contimporanul 50-51 (November-December 1924). Devoted to the Contimporanul Exhibition. Download.
Contimporanul 52 (January 1925). With a coverage of the Contimporanul Exhibition. Download.

See also

External links


Avant-garde and modernist magazines

Poesia (1905-09, 1920), Der Sturm (1910-32), Blast (1914-15), The Egoist (1914-19), The Little Review (1914-29), 291 (1915-16), MA (1916-25), De Stijl (1917-20, 1921-32), Dada (1917-21), Noi (1917-25), 391 (1917-24), Zenit (1921-26), Broom (1921-24), Veshch/Gegenstand/Objet (1922), Die Form (1922, 1925-35), Contimporanul (1922-32), Secession (1922-24), Klaxon (1922-23), Merz (1923-32), LEF (1923-25), G (1923-26), Irradiador (1923), Sovremennaya architektura (1926-30), Novyi LEF (1927-29), ReD (1927-31), Close Up (1927-33), transition (1927-38).

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