Lady Gaga pays hommage to Salvador Dali on KIIS FM Ryan Seacrest

I have been waiting for Lady Gaga to give credit to Salvador Dali for many of her fashions, icons and public displays, she finally did that this morning while on the radio with Ryan Seacrest of KIIS FM

Excerpt from show:

"And I would say an abundance of Francis Bacon and Dalí-like references. And perhaps a little bit of Rainbow Brite and Barbie.” (I don’t know about you, PopWatchers, but I loved Dalí’s The Persistence of Lala Orange.)"

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Lady Gaga Egg borrowed from Salvador Dali

Lady Gaga Borrows another idea from Salvador Dali, The EGG.

First you see Dali's use of the egg in a 1940's painting called "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man"

Next you see an image of Lady Gaga arriving at the Grammys in an EGG.

Here are some more examples of Dali's use of the EGG

Lady Gaga continues to use Dali Icons on stage and at public events. Her name Gaga, very similar to Dali's wifes name, Gala.

Salvador Dali continues to set records at auction!

Salvador Dali continues to draw large crowds at auction and sell far above projected hammer price.

Salvador Dali sets new record at Christies Surreal Day at the Beach

Salvador Dalí's "Etude Pour 'Le Miel Est Plus Doux que le Sang'" sold for $6,561,070, a record for the artist. (Surreal Day at the Beach)

LONDON— Though lacking firepower on par with the blockbuster Picasso its arch-rival Sotheby's had on Tuesday evening, Christie's knocked down a marathon evening sale in London that tag-teamed Impressionist and Modern Art with the "Art of the Surreal" to bring in a market-assuring $136,316,959 (£84,879,800). That tally overshot the £72.5 million low presale estimate, but fell shy of the £107.1 million high estimate.

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Lady Gaga borrows ideas from Salvador Dali and his wife GALA

Interesting, Lady Gaga who's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, chose her name after the Queen song, Radio Gaga, but it is interesting that her name is similar to the wife of Salvador Dali. Dali was married to Gala, a self proclaimed fashion designer. Here is an example of "Gala's" fashion, notice how similar it is to Lady Gaga:

Gala with her Unicorn headdress

Lady Gaga with her Antler Headdress

Notice some of the head gear or fashion Lady Gaga wears in public and on stage, it is very similar to hats and fashion created by Gala, Dali's wife. In addition to the similarities between Gala and Lady Gaga, the use of a piano with legs fashioned after the stork legged elephants in many of Dali's works like the famous "Temptation of St. Anthony" seen here

Here is Lady Gaga's use of the long skeleton legs we see on the elephants and horses in the image:

 

and then the recent image of her wearing a telephone on her head, and the famous meat jacket make it clear that she is inspired by and pays homage to the last master of the 20th Century, Salvador Dali.

The meat or flesh dress she wore to an awards show was taken from another designers idea from the 1980s, but look at all the similarities between Gaga's designs and Dali's. Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli created many of the ideas Lady Gaga has been using for the past few years.

Dali's Lobster Telephone Lady Gaga's Lobster...uh..well Hat? Mask? thing...

Lady Gaga's Telephone Hat and some examples of Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli designs.

Lady Gaga's Meat/Flesh dress, taken from another designers ideas back in the 1980's

There are many other examples, even the bubble dress is similar to a bubble dress from another designer and a jacket Dali designed that is covered in cups or glasses.

Dali and Brigitte Bardot back in the 1960's, notice the Hat, almost looks like something

we might see on Lady Gaga?

Before her music career took off, Lady Gaga went to art school in NY.

This could be the place she saw works by Dali and his wife Gala and was inspired to

borrow the ideas for her own use. While some say the Queen song Radio Gaga is the 

originof her name, It seems the name Gaga was an interpretation of 

Salvador Dali's wife's name Gala. 

In addition, Dali used to like to show up in public wearing a 

full diving outfit with heavy bell helmet, or perhaps take a walk with an 

anteater or some other unusual animal on a leash. The public was

shocked of course and the events wound up in the news back 

in the 1960's and 70's.  Another similarity is the "vessel" Gaga emerged from

at the Music Awards, Dali and his wife Gala broke out of a giant egg (same shape

as the vessel) on the beach in Spain and poured red paint on the shore while talking

about the rebirth of surrealism, thus the egg. 

Lady Gaga seems to have latched on to the idea and attempts to 

shock the public at any opportunity.

It would be nice if she would give credit where credit is due and mention 

Dali's name every now and again.

Your comments are welcome!

*Update: Since the posting of this blog, Lady Gaga has mentioned Dali 

and his wife Gala on various tv and radio shows ranging from 

Jay Leno to Ryan Seacrest. Salvador Dali himself also borrowed from other

artists, but he always gave them credit. :) 

UPDATE: As of the posting of this blog post back in 2011, quite a few agencies and individuals have shared my original content and not given any credit. I was in the Dali Business, I spoke to Lady Gaga before her name was Lady Gaga. I originated all the ideas in this blog as a result of being in the industry while Lady Gaga was forming her original ideas about Dali. If you are going to steal my content, please simply place a link back to this blog and let readers know where the information originated. Thank you. 

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Salvador Dali Fantastic Voyage Film connection

The 3D remake of iconic 1966 sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage is to be directed by The Night Of The Museum director Shawn Levy. The original movie was directed by Harry Kleiner, and was based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. It inspired an animated television series, a Salvador Dalí painting of the same name, as well as an Isaac Asimov novelisation.

Deadline.com reports that the new film will follow the same story as the original: a team of scientists shrink themselves and enter a colleague’s body in order to save him from a blood clot.

However, in the new version once the scientists enter the body the film will be almost exclusively CGI. Avatar director James Cameron is signed on to produce.
It's rumored that Hugh Jackman could be about to sign on to play the lead. He’s due to star in the Levy-directed Real Steel in October, and the pair are reportedly looking to work together on an "untitled action/adventure project".

The original "Fantastic Voyage" inspired Salvador Dali to create an interpretation

of the film as an original painting.

After seeing Raquel Welch in the film, it's no surprise Dali wanted to meet her.

The original Painting: "Fantastic Voyage"

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