Contemporanul ( The Contemporary ) was a Romanian literary magazine published in Iaşi , Romania , from 1881 to 1891. It was sponsored by the socialist circle of the city.
5-531: A new magazine Contimporanul was published in the 1920s, claiming to continue the tradition of the former newspaper, without having the same political orientation towards Marxism. A new series of the magazine was published in 1946 and continues till present. This article about a literary magazine published in Romania is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on
10-520: A "social magazine", it became a voice for modernism in 1924, when it published a manifesto virulently 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 ." In 1924, between November 30 and December 30, in
15-664: The Bucharest International Modern Art Exhibit in December 1924 (with the participation of Constantin Brâncuși ). 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), Dada , and, eventually, surrealism . Seeing itself as a direct successor to Contemporanul , it first advertised itself as
20-644: The article's talk page . 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
25-634: The hall of the Fine Arts Trade Unions in 6 Corabiei Street, Bucharest, the magazine organized the International Contemporary Exhibition in which almost all members of the Romanian avant-garde exhibited. The exhibition established the magazine as one of the leading publications of European avant-garde. Throughout its existence, Contimporanul was a virulent opponent of Gândirea ; thus, it kept
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