Well, not much to say here. As you all know I am an obsessive follower of the Dalinian legacy. I am so glad they have this exhibit at the MoMa. I wish I could check it out. Luckily I have The Salvador Dali Museum half an hour from where I live.
From The Museum of Modern Art:
Bringing together more than 130 paintings, drawings, scenarios, and films by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), this exhibition explores the role that cinema played in the artist's work. Both an inspiration and an outlet for experimentation, film was Dalí's passion, and cinematic vision became a model for his own work. Collaborations between Dalí and legendary filmmakers are displayed alongside his paintings and other works, illuminating the ways in which ideas, iconography, and pictorial strategies are shared and transformed across mediums. Among the provocative works on display are Un Chien andalou, a film made with Luis Buñuel, which features the notorious, almost unwatchable sequence of an eye being slit by a razor; L'Age d'Or, another collaboration with Buñuel and one of the landmarks of Surrealist film; projects undertaken in Hollywood with Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney; and such important paintings as The First Days of Spring and Illumined Pleasures. In conjunction with the gallery exhibition, a series of screenings in the MoMA theaters presents the classic and avant-garde motion pictures Dalí treasured, films on which he collaborated, and examples of his legacy in contemporary cinema.
More at: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5633
The Museum of Modern Art
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11 West 53 Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenuesNew York, NY 10019-5497
Also visit: http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html
June 13 – September 21, 2008
A selection of over 90 works from the permanent collection (painting, drawing, watercolors, prints and objects) representative Dalí’s various creations of the female image.
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Hello Darwin, I have a rather unique story about Savador. I dated a young lady in New York City in the late 80's early 90's. Her mother was a bartender at a lower east side bar that salvador frequented. She told me he was notorious for never carrying money. One evening as he was leaving the bar, Millie reminded him that he had stiffed her several times, Jokingly of course. Salvador asked her to bring him an egg if she had one in the cooler. She did, So she brought him a raw egg. He sketched a very simple small dove on that egg, and signed it. Millie had it preserved and displayed it on her mantle. That is where I viewed it. True story!
Hey Coby;
Thanks for this story and for sharing it. It is quite an amazing one. The girl you dated is very lucky to have something done by the master.
Best regards,
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