The cover of the final issue was designed by Roberto Matta. Roberto Antonio Sebastián Matta Echaurren ( November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002) usually known as Matta, was one of

VVV was a journal devoted to the dissemination of Surrealism, published in New York City from 1942 through 1944. 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 The City of New York 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.

Only four issues of VVV were ever produced (the second and third issues were printed as a single volume). However, it provided an outlet for European Surrealist artists, temporarily displaced from their home countries by World War II, to communicate with American artists. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

VVV was the direct product of the leading Surrealists of the day. The journal was edited by David Hare in collaboration with Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, and Max Ernst. David Hare ( March 10, 1917 &ndash December 21, 1992) was an American Artist, associated with the Surrealist Marcel Duchamp (maʀsɛl dyˈʃɑ̃ (28 July 1887 &ndash 2 October 1968 was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, Max Ernst ( 2 April 1891 &ndash 1 April 1976) was a German painter, Sculptor, Graphic artist, and VVV's editorial board also enlisted a number of associated thinkers and artists, including Aimé Césaire, Philip Lamantia, and Robert Motherwell. Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 &ndash 17 April 2008 was a Afro-[[Martinique Martinican]] Francophone Poet, Author and Politician Philip Lamantia ( October 23, 1927 - March 7, 2005) was a United States Poet and lecturer Robert Motherwell ( January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter and Each edition focused on "poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology," and was lavishly illustrated by a wide range of Surrealist artists, including Giorgio de Chirico, Claude Levi-Strauss, Roberto Matta, and Yves Tanguy. Plastic arts are those Visual arts that involve the use of Materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way often in three dimensions Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Giorgio de Chirico ( July 10, 1888 &ndash November 20, 1978) was an influential pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist Claude Lévi-Strauss (klod levi stʁos born 28 November 1908 is a French Anthropologist. Roberto Antonio Sebastián Matta Echaurren ( November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002) usually known as Matta, was one of Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy ( January 5, 1900 &ndash January 15, 1955) was a Surrealist painter

The journal was experimental in format as well as in content. Editions of VVV contained fold-out pages, differently sized sheets and types of paper, and bold typography and color. The second magazine (which contained issues two and three) even featured one of Duchamp's "readymades" as the back cover: a cutout female figure "imprisoned" by a piece of actual chicken wire. The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that he selected and modified as an antidote to what he called "retinal art" Chicken wire, or poultry netting, is a Mesh of Wire, generally used for making Fences It is made of thin flexible Galvanized wire

See also

• Acéphale, a surrealist review created by Georges Bataille, published from 1936 to 1939
• Dyn, a counter-surrealist review created by Wolfgang Paalen, published from 1942 to 1944 in Mexico
• 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
• La Révolution surréaliste, a seminal Surrealist publication founded by André Breton, published in Paris from 1924 to 1929
• View, an American art magazine, primarily covering avant-garde and surrealist art, published from 1940 to 1947

External links

• "Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection"