A Salvador Dali BBL!

Askari

Now here's a rare one: Dali "Peace" medal. I imagine the competition will be stiff for this one!

sammydabull

very nice, Dali is my favorite artist

Clankeye

I read "The Diary of a Genius" by Dali. A pretty wild and enjoyable read. I will always remember one line from it where he said "If I had always painted well, I never would have been happy."

lordmarcovan

Dali was one weird cat. I prefer his earlier stuff. Saw the Dali Museum in St. Pete, once- my mother lives close by. It was interesting, but a lot of it turned my wife off. She wasn't ready for Dali.

I much prefer M.C. Escher. But Dali is cool, too.

Clankeye

They make an interesting pair: Dali--the surrealist, the dreamer, and MC Esher--the mathmatican, the illusionist. Same world--different portals.

lordmarcovan

I think if I had a large sum of money to buy only one piece of original artwork, I would pick Escher's "Three Worlds". It's probably my favorite painting by any artist. It's one of his tamer and more tranquil pieces- very serene. Not as well known as some of the busier geometric works. It doesn't even need color to work- the greys contribute to the whole feeling of the piece, as I see it.

Clankeye

It's a great piece, LM.

On the Dali side, I actually saw "The Persistence of Memory" in New York. It's a very small painting. But, looking at it in person, it had a tremendous power.

The Persistence of Memory

It's his most famous work, but still my favorite.

lordmarcovan

I gotta admit the "melting clocks" are cool.

sammydabull

This one is my favorite

hookedoncoins2

Cool medal.

Dali was a great artist, but he was definitely more than a little strange.



I always thought Dali's "Invisible Man" was cool.

Clankeye

You could post both those works, the Escher and the Dali, without saying who they are by, and most people would know. That's how unique their gifts were.

Dali bothers a lot of people, but since he melds a surreal, sometimes nightmarish world in his images, it's bound to get disturbing.

I have an etching by Dali. At least it is purported to be by him. What passes for his signature is on it. In his later years though, I have heard that Dali would actually sign reams of blank sheets of paper, and the market was flooded with a lot of questionable material.


Edited to add: Thanks for posting that Hooked.... Dali said that he would wax his mustache like that because he wanted it to point toward Heaven.

Clankeye

Here's a picture of the weird little Dali etching I have. My parents actually bought it long ago in a gallery in San Francisco. Beyond that, I really don't know what the story is on it.

1jester

Hooked, Thanks for showing the Invisible Man; I'd never seen that one before, and I definitely like it. Who says LSD doesn't open up new worlds???!

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dali, although I don't find all of his works enjoyable. Escher, on the other hand, is more peaceful and likeable in my opinion.

Clankeye

Which begs the question, how important is it that art be enjoyable and likeable?

I think whether it be in literature, painting, music or film... the artists that truly make the most impact are going to cross lines. For better or worse.

Askari

<< <i>Which begs the question, how important is it that art be enjoyable and likeable? >>

Good question, but which requires more artistic talent -- to shock or to inspire?

Clankeye

<< <i>Good question, but which requires more artistic talent -- to shock or to inspire? >>



Well, if we're talking pure shock, with no foundation in talent--then IMO it's worthless and never stands the test of time.

To shock and to inspire are not always mutually exclusive. They can happen in combination. Providing genuine vision and talent is there.

SYRACUSIAN

To shock and to inspire are not always mutually exclusive. They can happen in combination. Providing genuine vision and talent is there.





I agree. Public shock and inspiration for a younger generation of artists/architects can and has coincided often .



Clankeye, are you implying that your parents' Dali etching could have been done by somebody else? That would be a shame, but I like it anyway.

Clankeye

<< <i>Clankeye, are you implying that your parents' Dali etching could have been done by somebody else? >>



No, not that so much as maybe there is some possibility it's not geniune. I really don't know. I have no concrete reason to think that, except that I have heard rumblings that there are a lot of problems with fake Dali's out there in the art world.

Whether he just wholesale signed blank pieces of paper in his later years, and others then produced the etchings or signed prints... again I honestly don't know.

I would like to investigate it a little more though, and perhaps Askari's thread will motivate me to do a little looking into it. It's actually a weirdly charming little piece... whatever it's story.

Clankeye

Aethelred

That medal doesn't do much for me, but I love Dali (and Escher for that matter).

Conder101

Yes Dali did sign blank papers for money in his later years so there are a lot of questionable "Dali'"'s out there. While I find some of Dali's work interesting, I much prefer Escher.

Clankeye

Here's a quote I've always liked:


The time is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. ---Paul Cezanne.