Dali 100

Whoever missed this exhibit, which ended Sunday, slept on something fucking beautiful.
It costed a student a mere $8 to stand and drool for as long as they like; it took me three hours to see everything once.

[prince vlad]

hell yeah, i checked out a couple of weeks ago. I read some of the magazine articles they had about him and wow!!!! dali was one sick little puppy. Interesting character for sure. Whats up with the drawers in some of the paintings?

Originally posted by prince vlad
I read some of the magazine articles they had about him

I wish I'd had time to have read them; or if I'd known yesterday was the last day, I would have made it out there twice.

[prince vlad]

Originally posted by Aleph
I wish I'd had time to have read them; or if I'd known yesterday was the last day, I would have made it out there twice.

yeah, i wanted to check out again, too, but i found out at friday that the show was ending yesterday so i didnt have time to have another look. Probably wont see any of those paintings ever again since alot of them probably will end up being bought by private collectors or museums.

in other news, the kimbal art museum just started a new exhibt which features some works form dali, picasso, monet and some other artist. Im probably going hit that up this weekend. Ithink it runs until september.

Originally posted by prince vlad
yeah, i wanted to check out again, too, but i found out at friday that the show was ending yesterday so i didnt have time to have another look. Probably wont see any of those paintings ever again since alot of them probably will end up being bought by private collectors or museums.

in other news, the kimbal art museum just started a new exhibt which features some works form dali, picasso, monet and some other artist. Im probably going hit that up this weekend. Ithink it runs until september.

True, but that exhibit is native to a museum in San Fransisco, I think.

And el wordo. "From Dali to Caravaggio" or something like that. I'll be there at least once, for sure. There's also something related to Dali going on at the DMA until August.
And I just found out that a DMA membership can get you free admission at Kimbel events.

[prince vlad]

cool, ill have to dig aroundand see whats going on over there at the DMA with their dali related exhibt

[Nightlife Privilege Revoker]

damnit.

i didnt even know about this.

[dBu]

Originally posted by prince vlad
hell yeah, i checked out a couple of weeks ago. I read some of the magazine articles they had about him and wow!!!! dali was one sick little puppy. Interesting character for sure. Whats up with the drawers in some of the paintings?

Dali was very twisted, and if you look at a lot of his paintings it shows. Dali was a huge fan of Sigmond Freud (sp?) and drew a lot of inspiration from his theories on the sub-conscience. Dali was deathly afraid of sex and intimacy, he had a fear of being castrated, and was obsessed with death, and deathly afraid of grasshoppers. That is why in many of his paintings you will see grasshoppers and ants.

I was pretty disappointed in the exhibit myself, as they only had a few original paintings, most of them were prints and I know those are still cool but it's not the same. Some of the original sketches were cool, but there was anything there out of his Paranoia Critical period which is what I like. That is when he painted all of the weird double images, and the paintings looked real smooth, and basically all around twisted.

I did enjoy a lot of the sculpture that was on display though. If I could afford it, I would have bought one.

[hepkatmama]

i had to go to houston this wknd

i am SO SO sad i missed dali

boo

i'll have to catch the kimball & cross my fingers

i repainted a gallery, hung my art on its walls & slept on its floor before coming home.

the things we do for the love of art.

but the show looks great. wish i could be there for my own opening.

[Turntable Junky]

I also didn't like the fact that there were a lot of prints used. The sketches were interesting and the sculptures were kinda nice.

[xryptic]

Originally posted by travis
damnit.

i didnt even know about this.

Me either, until Brandon told me about it on Sunday. But by then it was already too late because I had to get some sleep & go to work that night.

It's ok though, I'm still planning on visiting the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. They have a huuuuge collection, including the original Hallucinogenic Toreador(my favorite).

http://salvadordalimuseum.org/

[Sindell357]

The stuff on display was wicked, but as some one said above, ther were very few original paintings.

The sculptures were an added bonus tho - some of that stuff was incredible.

I went on the last day - which reminds me - running an exhibit like that for only 4 weeks should be illegal. I know many people missed out simply b/c it ran for such a short time.

Originally posted by Sindell357
The stuff on display was wicked, but as some one said above, ther were very few original paintings.

The sculptures were an added bonus tho - some of that stuff was incredible.

I went on the last day - which reminds me - running an exhibit like that for only 4 weeks should be illegal. I know many people missed out simply b/c it ran for such a short time.

I didn't really find the prints such a letdown, when I'd see what number of the series each was. I thought that was interesting.
And word on the limited time. It was actually just barely over two weeks that it was here.

[Leo_J]

While i was in london i went and saw the largest gathering of dali original pieces.It was truly the best 6 pounds i spent.