Langbeschreibung
Salvador Dalí ist einer der populärsten Künstler der Welt, bekannt für seinen extravaganten Lebensstil, seinen Schnurrbart und seine bizarre Kunst. Surrealismus offenbart sich als Lebensart. Dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Dalís Leben zwischen Spaß, Provokation und Frustration und erforscht die Bedeutung seiner surrealistischen Gemälde, seiner Illustrationen bis zu seinem frechen Design für die Chupa Chups Lollis.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Family life / Schoolboy memories Storymakers Power-hungry Quiet moments Cadaques and the Cap de Creus Peninsula A morphing reality The comfort of strangers The washroom studio A visual mind and a precocious talent The Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, 1922-26 Dali's metamorphosis Dali's art, 1922-26 The extraordinary in the ordinary The naked lady Dali in Paris Dabbling with Surrealism, 1927-28 Photography Honey is Sweeter than Blood Sur-reality in film A Surrealist battleground: 'blood, shit and putrefaction' The Child King meets his queen Queen Gala Joining Surrealism Dali's chest of drawers Dali disowned Playing king and queen in Paris Off with the robes The Persistence of Memory Madness and Dali's paranoiac-critical method A trial turns into a striptease A trip to America The Dream Ball Prodigal son or political coward? The surreal object Refining double vision Bonwit Teller store The Dream of Venus America Surreal business Surreal pleasure Dali and Hollywood Return to Spain Dali's place in celebrity culture The Queen's castle The inner court A ruthless pursuit A new mysticism Port Lligat The only Surrealist museum in the world Financial scandals Surreal ends