Salvador Dali Liquid Exhibition Melbourne NGV information Dates Times
Salvador Dali Liquid Desire Exhibition Melbourne NGV information Dates Times
13 June – 4 October 09
Open daily 10am – 5pm
Open until 9pm every Wednesday
Ground Level, NGV International
Admission fees apply
Dalà was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.[1][2] His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. DalÒs expansive artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalà attributed his “love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes”[3] to a self-styled “Arab lineage,” claiming that his ancestors were descended from the Moors.
Dalà was highly imaginative, and also had an affinity for partaking in unusual and grandiose behavior, in order to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork
May 07 2009 08:51 pm | NGV National Gallery of Victoria
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