{"product_id":"surrealism-through-its-journals-1924-2024-les-portes-du-rve-9788857252940","title":"Surrealism Through Its Journals 1924-2024: Les Portes Du R?ve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDissecting the role of magazines and journals as laboratories for Surrealism, from \u003ci\u003eLitt?rature\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eLa R?volution Surr?aliste\u003c\/i\u003e and beyond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt historian Rosalind Krauss once defined Surrealist journals as \"the true Surrealist object.\" These periodicals are works of art in themselves, ones that challenge conventions and disciplinary boundaries by mixing languages and forms of expression. Unlike the curious creations of Meret Oppenheim or the assemblages of Joseph Cornell, however, these collective publications revealed the movement's interdisciplinary complexity and theoretical strength, while exposing the internal conflicts among its practitioners.\u003cbr\u003ePublished to follow the centenary of the publication of the first \u003ci\u003eManifeste du Surr?alisme\u003c\/i\u003e in October 1924, \u003ci\u003eSurrealism through Its Journals\u003c\/i\u003e reassembles the movement's rise and fall through its formative publications. Each chapter studies a different journal: beginning with the Dadaist \u003ci\u003eProverbe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLitt?rature\u003c\/i\u003e; moving to the landmark \u003ci\u003eLa R?volution Surr?aliste\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMinotaure\u003c\/i\u003e; to \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and its influence on Surrealism in the United States; and beyond. It illustrates how their production and circulation influenced artists who went on to become part of Surrealism's widening circle, including Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso. The book also explores periodicals that were not affiliated with the movement but displayed Surrealist elements, such as Italian humor papers in the years leading up to World War II.\u003cbr\u003eGenerously illustrated with eye-catching articles and artworks, with a nod to the iconic pink fish from \u003ci\u003eLa R?volution Surr?aliste\u003c\/i\u003e on the cover, \u003ci\u003eSurrealism through Its Journals\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough yet readable compendium of the movement's definitive publications, and will delight any art history aficionado or lover of ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Skira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181982351634,"sku":"9788857252940","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89ca0e0a-a313-4b2d-a011-7ecb86533118.jpg?v=1744412102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/surrealism-through-its-journals-1924-2024-les-portes-du-rve-9788857252940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}