Dali (Life&Times series) (Life&Times series)
Publisher: Haus Publishers Ltd.
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781904341758
Subjects: Biography: general; Painting & paintings; Surrealism & Dada; Painting; Surrealism; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Artists, Architects, Photographers; History - Surrealism & Dadaism; Biographies & Memoirs / Biographies; Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers; History - General; Techniques - Painting
First sentence: Anyone following in Dali's tracks will soon realise that everyone else has been there before.
Description: "Salvador Dali is the central figure in surrealism and one of the most eccentric artists of the modern age. A brilliant painter and draughtsman, Dali described his style as 'paranoid-critical'. Sexual and religious content is mixed with highly subjective and personal sensations. Death, decay and destruction are repeated themes." "Dali's life was marred with an early identity crisis, which led to him living his life oscillating between exaggerated self-promotion and psychological self-destruction. Gala, his wife and muse, had to save him from many crises. Meanwhile, Dali invented himself as a commercial object."--BOOK JACKET.