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Always reminds me of Salvador Dali. I visited his villa when we were in Llafranc. It was a stones throw away from us, in Figueres.

Always wondered about his "dripping clocks". Apparently they were inspired by melting camembert!

We went to a museum in Sorrento which had all sorts of his creations. Outside was a bronze of his. The public lavatories were behind it.



I wish you all well during winter and what the weather might do to us all.

I absolutly love Salvador Dali.

With art, it only has to exist to be courageous, bold...other words I cannot think of after one can of Stella.

Line6 HXFX wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:38 am I absolutly love Salvador Dali.

With art, it only has to exist to be courageous, bold...other words I cannot think of after one can of Stella.

Both of us, Line6. I can only wonder, in my cryptic mode, if Dali is an anagram of "dial"!

Not had a drop of Stella for years. Our local brewery does a good line in beer.

https://www.tapandkitchen.com/

I’ve been to the Dali museum in Figueres a few times, it’s quite something.

Iirc there was a large 50s style car in the foyer with grass growing inside it.

Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

I heard a story about Dali, he used to take his entourage of friends to restaurants and they’d eat good food and drink fine wines.
When it came to settling the bill Dali would write a cheque, then turn it over and draw a sketch on the back, knowing the cheque wouldn’t now be cashed.

His finest work

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:17 pm Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

I nicked a work from Magritte for the company Christmas card. It wasn't the famous pipe.

Watch out. For more.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:17 pm Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

Miro is my favourite, loved wandering around Galerie Matarasso near Nice.

My favourite painting by anyone is The Dance of the Poppies by him. Don't know why, but it just blew me away when I first saw it at the Reina Sofia

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:30 pm I’ve been to the Dali museum in Figueres a few times, it’s quite something.

Iirc there was a large 50s style car in the foyer with grass growing inside it.

My expectations weren't high, as I'm not really a fan, but I was so pleasantly surprised by that museum.

I loved the room with the goggles/visors up a ladder, where the contents of the room only made sense from that particular viewpoint.

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 12:30 pm I’ve been to the Dali museum in Figueres a few times, it’s quite something.

Iirc there was a large 50s style car in the foyer with grass growing inside it.

Correct. It has an irrigation system inside.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:17 pm Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

I'm not going to get deep into this debate. What I will say though is I've seen a large ceiling painted by Dali and when you stood under it, the perspective was nearly perfect. Many years later I saw a doco on Dali and it contained b/w footage of him painting that ceiling. Basically scaffolding and some riser boards. Thing here is the speed with which he was painting it with NO preparation. No sketching, lines, whatever. It was all from his head from a position where he could not even see the perspective. Then I realised what a genius he really was.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:17 pm Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

Dali just embraced the commercial aspect of art - and genuinely lived a surreal lifestyle (or at least aimed to).

But to call him a hack? That is like saying Stephen King is a hack because he churns out crowd pleasing books.

Thor Sedan wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:41 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:17 pm Dali was a self indulgent hack. Magritte, Breton and a bit of Miro are the best of Surrealism.

Dali just embraced the commercial aspect of art - and genuinely lived a surreal lifestyle (or at least aimed to).

But to call him a hack? That is like saying Stephen King is a hack because he churns out crowd pleasing books.

It was more than that. Dali deliberately signed works by his proteges which then sold for plenty. His argument was if the buyers couldn't tell the difference then that was their look out. Quite subversive if not exactly Duchamp.