.Gilles Neret / „Dali“ / / knyga / leidykla „Taschen“

„Basic Art“ serija buvo sukurta 1985 m. ir tapo perkamiausia kada nors išleista meno knygų kolekcija. Kiekvienoje „Taschen“ leidyklos „Basic Art“ serijos knygoje pateikiama išsami chronologinė menininko gyvenimo ir kūrybos santrauka, apimanti menininko kultūrinę ir istorinę svarbą, glausta biografija ir apytiksliai 100 iliustracijų su paaiškinimais.

„Dali“ - painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dal? (1904–1989) was one of the 20th century’s greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply the insights of Freudian psychoanalysis to art, he is celebrated in particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the soft watches or the lobster telephone, now hallmarks of the surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general. Dali frequently described his paintings as “hand-painted dream photographs.” Their tantalizing tension and interest resides in the precise rendering of bizarre elements and incongruous arrangements. As Dali himself explained, he painted with “the most imperialist fury of precision,” but only “to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality.” Revolutionizing the role of the artist, the mustache-twirling Dal? also had the intuition to parade a controversial persona in the public arena and, through printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and film, to create work that could be consumed and not just contemplated on a gallery wall. This book explores both the painting and the personality of Dali, introducing his technical skill as well as his provocative compositions and challenging themes of death, decay, and eroticism.