The first definitive edition in English of writings by poet,
painter, pickpocket-plagiarist, and consummate anti-artist Francis
Picabia, one of Dada's leading figures. Poet, painter,
self-described funny guy, idiot, failure, pickpocket, and
anti-artist par excellence, Francis Picabia was a defining figure
in the Dada movement; indeed, Andre Breton called Picabia one of
the only "true" Dadas. Yet very little of Picabia's poetry and
prose has been translated into English, and his literary
experiments have never been the subject of close critical study. I
Am a Beautiful Monster is the first definitive edition in English
of Picabia's writings, gathering a sizable array of Picabia's
poetry and prose and, most importantly, providing a critical
context for it with an extensive introduction and detailed notes by
the translator. Picabia's poetry and prose is belligerent,
abstract, polemical, radical, and sometimes simply baffling. For
too long, Picabia's writings have been presented as raw events,
rule-breaking manifestations of inspirational carpe diem. This book
reveals them to be something entirely different: maddening in their
resistance to meaning, full of outrageous posturing, and hiding a
frail, confused, and fitful personality behind egoistic bravura. I
Am a Beautiful Monster provides the texts of of Picabia's
significant publications, all presented complete, many of them
accompanied by their original illustrations.
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