First published in March 1928 and widely ditributed throughout Catalonia. Also known as the "Catalan Anti-Art Manifesto"

Author(s): Lluis Montayà Salvador Dalí Sebastià Gasch

Associated movement: and Latin American Avant-gardes | Catalan | Spanish

Language : Spanish

Medium : Leaflet

Original edition of the manifesto: First published in March 1928 and widely ditributed throughout Catalonia. Also known as the "Catalan Anti-Art Manifesto"

Where can we find this manifesto? Antje Kramer (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècles, Beaux Arts éditions, 2011, pp. 128-133; Caws, Mary Ann, Manifesto - A century of isms, University of Nebraska Press, 2000; http://writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Yellow%20Manifesto.pdf. Danchev, Alex, 100 Artists' Manifestos. From the Futurists to the Stuckists, Penguin, Londres, 2011.

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Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto

Editorial comments: Strong defense of Modernism and open hommage to modern artists of the avant-garde; graphism and rethoric largerly inspired to futurist and dada manifestos. Some critics negatively commented the text, considered as a "petite crotte futuriste".