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Yeah, I remember visiting that museum in Florida (not Russia) back in '87 and it had a lasting affect on me. So much so, 3 years ago, during my RocknRolling Stones adventure across Europe, I flew down to Barcelona to visit the museum there. Unfortunately, the main one, in Figures was out of reach or refurbishing, so I couldnt make it.
Salvador Dali - The Great Masturbator
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Candace Youngblood wrote:
Hi. I stopped in for a visit. I just wanted to say that I can't believe how different the first painting you posted (Soft Construction With Boiled Beans:Premontition of Civil War)looks in real life. It looks completely different. Dali's genius must be examined up close and personal...it doesn't do it justice when posted on the internet...or even in a picture book. I liked him before I ever saw anything for real...and after I did, he became my favorite artist. The colors and lighting in that painting were so realistic...it seemed as if there was a flashlight shining through the canvas from behind. Amazing.
And I was always a die-hard Picasso fan. Not that I don't still love his stuff, too, but Dali moved up a notch.
Anyway, happy belated.....(((Dali)))
~Candy~
Hi Sweetie! See you in a few minutes for coffee?
Of course I agree with your astute comments - the first Dali I saw in person was this one:
In the National Gallery in DC, on my class trip in 1975. It was a class "trip" in more ways than one, nudge nudge wink wink, and I stood staring at it for what seemed like hours. I got an inch away from it and couldn't discern any brush strokes - it seemed like a photograph - then when you look at it from a specific angle and distance, a dove appears above Christ's left hand. WHOAH!
That's not even one of his really great works, but it still contains power and magic that confounds the senses.
St. Petersburg has several of his Master Works, the GIANT canvases like "Tuna Fishing" and "The Dream of Christopher Columbus". They are absolutely unbelievable.
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I like the photos of Keith better! |
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I remember another thing we discussed after the Phila show was his ability to paint extremely large paintings and extremely small paintings, with the same amount of detail and precision.
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