Dali's connection to Sports is quite fascinating.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Salvador Dali's connection to Film "As Good as it Gets"
Salvador Dali's works and life have influenced everyone from Woody Allen to Lady Gaga, but one connection to film and media may not be as well known. James L Brooks is known for his work on The Simpsons film, Broadcast News, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore show and many others. Brooks love of Dali becomes apparent in the Epiphany scene in The Simpsons as shown here, a creation that resembles the well known painting at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) titled: "Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali.
Another and very obvious Dali reference in the film takes place when Greg Kinnear's character Simon Bishop is inspired to start creating art again once he sees Helen Hunts character Carol Connely sitting on the edge of a tub about to bathe. Notice the position of the towell on her lap and the position she is seated in and then look at the image below that shows one of Dali's best known works which features a nude Gala, Dali's wife.
You can see the obvious reference when you compare the images.
Brooks is also known for the film "As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.
Look at this image of Jack Nicholson as he sits and works on his book as the character Melvin Udall, a misanthrope novelist in New York who resides not far from where Dali lived for 10 years in the
1960's and 70's.
If you look at the portait on the wall of Udall's apartment, you see an image of Salvador Dali.
Another and very obvious Dali reference in the film takes place when Greg Kinnear's character Simon Bishop is inspired to start creating art again once he sees Helen Hunts character Carol Connely sitting on the edge of a tub about to bathe. Notice the position of the towell on her lap and the position she is seated in and then look at the image below that shows one of Dali's best known works which features a nude Gala, Dali's wife.
"My wife nude contemplating her own flesh becoming stairs,
three vertebrae of a column, sky and architecture"
by
Salvador Dali
If you would like to see other film or TV references to Dali, there is a page located
on the well known Dali site salvadordaliexperts.com
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Salvador Dali Libra Zodiac hand signed print 1968
The Scales
September 24 to October 23
Libra is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac, all the others representing either humans or animals. Many modern astrologers regard it as the most desirable of zodiacal types because it represents the zenith of the year, the high point of the seasons, when the harvest of all the hard work of the spring is reaped.
Hand signed by Dali in 1968
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Tallahassee Community College Showing Salvador Dali
Tallahassee, Florida -September 20, 2012
You won't have to go to the Met or du Louvre to catch a glimpse of some world-class art.
For the next few months, Tallahassee Community College is showing the works of Salvador Dali at its library. It's part of the Dali on Tour Collection. The exhibit contains reproductions of some of Spanish surrealist most famous works such as Geopoliticus Child Watching.
"We are just very excited to have it. It's a first for the TCC library and we are hoping it's the beginning of a lot of fun and interesting cultural events for students," says Deborah Robinson with TCC.
The works are on display until November 15. There are about 30 works all together in the collection .
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Salvador Dali Bikini Line Fashion
Another example of Dali's involvement in the world of fashion can be seen in this old footage of a Surreal Bikini Fashion Show
Monday, September 17, 2012
Joss Stone pays tribute to Salvador Dali in music video
Joss Stone
Click image to see video of Joss's hit song, "The High Road" that features
melting clocks inspired by Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"
painting located at the Museum of Modern Art in NY.
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