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Documents was a late 1920s-era Surrealist journal edited and masterminded by Georges Bataille. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Georges Bataille (ʒɔʀʒ baˈtaj ( September 10, 1897 &ndash July 8, 1962) was a French Writer. Published in Paris from 1929 through 1930, Documents ran for 15 issues, each of which contained a wide range of original writing and photographs. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Documents was financed by Georges Wildenstein, an influential Parisian art dealer and sponsor of the Surrealists. Given its title and focus by Georges Bataille, Documents initially listed an eleven-member editorial board including Wildenstein himself (with Bataille listed as "general secretary"); however, by the fifth issue, Bataille was the only editorial member to remain on the masthead. [1]

Called "a war machine against received ideas" by Bataille,[2] Documents brought together a wide range of contributors, ranging from dissident surrealists including Michel Leiris, André Masson, and Joan Miró to Bataille's numismatist colleagues at the National Library's Cabinet of Coins and Medals. Julien Michel Leiris ( April 20 1901 in Paris &ndash September 30 1990 in Saint-Hilaire Essonne) was a French André-Aimé-René Masson ( January 4, 1896 &ndash October 28, 1987) was a French Artist. Joan Miró i Ferrà ( April 20, 1893 &ndash December 25, 1983) was an ethnic Catalan (of Spanish nationality Numismatics (numisma nomisma "coin" from the νομίζειν nomízein, "to use according to law" is the study or collection of Currency The content in Documents was even more wide-ranging; Bataille juxtaposed essays on jazz and archaeology with a photographic series fetishizing the big toe, and dedicated an entire issue to Picasso [3] while writing paeans to the "ominous grandeur" of the slaughterhouses photographed by Eli Lotar. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The hallux, commonly referred to as the big toe (also as great toe or thumb toe) even though it's not actually the biggest toe on the foot of some Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (from the French verb abattre, "to strike down" or freezing works ( New Zealand Eli Lotar (1905-1969 was a French photographer Lotar (full name Eliazar Lotar Teodoresco) was born the son of a celebrated poet in Romania in 1905 [4] A regular section of the magazine called the "Critical Dictionary" offered short essays by Bataille and his colleagues on such subjects as "Absolute", "Eye", "Factory Chimney", and "Keaton (Buster)". Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American

Documents was a direct challenge to "mainstream" Surrealism as championed by André Breton, who in his Second Surrealist Manifesto of 1929 derided Bataille as "(professing) to wish only to consider in the world that which is vilest, most discouraging, and most corrupted. André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, " [5]. The violent juxtapositions of pictures and text in Documents were intended to provide a darker and more primal alternative to what Bataille viewed as Breton's disingenuous and weak brand of Surrealist art. By presenting explicit, often profane imagery side by side with "intellectual" writing, Bataille used Documents to propel Surrealism in a direction he felt Breton dared not : toward an overturning of all hierarchies of art and morality, and a complete democracy of form. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Playful Museum", Dawn Ades and Fiona Bradley, The Guardian, May 6, 2006
  2. ^ "Special Reports : Undercover Surrealism", Guardian UK
  3. ^ "Undercover Surrealism", Alex Russell, Seen and Heard, January 2006
  4. ^ "A Playful Museum", Dawn Ades and Fiona Bradley, The Guardian, May 6, 2006
  5. ^ "Second Manifesto of Surrealism", Andre Breton, Manifestoes of Surrealism, translated by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Acéphale (from the Greek a-cephalus, literally "headless" designates both a public review created by Georges Bataille (which counted five issues from Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minotaure (1933 to 1939 was a primarily Surrealist -oriented publication founded by Albert Skira in Paris Albert Skira (1904 - 1973 was a French publisher In 1933 he contacted André Breton about a new journal which he planned to be the most luxurious art and literary Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. La Révolution surréaliste (The Surrealist Revolution was a publication by Surrealists in Paris Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. View was an American literary and art magazine published from 1940 to 1947 by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford, and writer and film critic Parker Tyler Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. VVV was a journal devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism, published in New York City from 1942 through 1944. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lane (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1969)
  6. ^ "Surrealism's Dark, Disgusting Side Goes on Display in London", Martin Gayford, Bloomberg. com, May 12, 2006

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