Tag Archives: Salvador Dali

Dali’s Guidelines

10 Guidelines For Anyone Who Wishes To Be a Painter 1. Artist, better be rich than poor; learn to work with the brush in such a way that under it gold and jewels are born. 2. Painters should not fear … Continue reading

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In Broad Daylight

  (Dali’s Hand Drawing Back the Golden Fleece in the Form of a Cloud to Show Gala,Completely Nude,the Dawn,Very,Very Far Away Behind the Sun) “But none of them realized as Dalí did that dreams are actually not indistinct and misty and … Continue reading

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The Accommodations of Desire

“Painted in the summer of 1929, The Accommodations of Desire is a small gem that deals with the twenty-five-year-old Dalí’s sexual anxieties over a love affair with an older, married woman. The woman, Gala, then the wife of Surrealist poet Paul Éluard, … Continue reading

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Midnight in Paris, In Love with the Fantasy

Early on in 2011, I ran into Boston photographer Jonathan Stark who was raving about the newly released Midnight in Paris. He went on about the film’s casting, intriguing narrative, aesthetic qualities and the fact that it would be up my alley. … Continue reading

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The Women of the Surrealist Art Movement

(Salvador Dali with his wife and muse, Gala) I was recently thinking about prominent female artists involved in the Surrealist Art Movement and how little I knew about them. Even though their works were often exhibited on the same gallery walls, it … Continue reading

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Behind the Photo: Dali Atomicus

It started with an idea. (Leda Atomica, Salvador Dali) 6 hours and 28 throws later.. So, how did photographer Philippe Halsman do it? Find out here. (ps. Philippe is also the man behind the iconic Dali portrait, Voluptas Mors) ♥

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From the Desk of FLUX. : Thoughts on Art Criticism

(Fountain, Marcel Duchamp) “Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action upon things was insignificant in comparison with ours. But the amazing growth of … Continue reading

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Weekly Wrap-up for January 21st, 2010

(Angelus, Salvador Dali) While performing my CIVIL DUTY this week as a juror (aka my day spent in the waiting room that smelt of bodies) , it gave me a chance to contemplate my existence and get a head start … Continue reading

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The Fall

Over the Holidays I caught up with one of my all-time favorite movies, The Fall. What is it about? “In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little … Continue reading

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