What a story you've written, reminds me of what you said once about creativity eating people, but this of course is a step further. What a life. The more I read your stories the more I see how self-aggrandising romance seduces people....
I’m pretty proud of this one—thanks for taking the time to read it! I know you are cutting down on your time here and I appreciate you dedicating some for my work.
That’s a very good way to put it. It’s like there is a corner to turn when it comes to fame or even recognition. Some do it sooner, some later. Most of the time if it’s the iconic names we know, they did turn it. That’s why we know them.
In a few cases, others pushed their work outward later because when they saw the corner ahead they chose to go the other way during their lifetime.
It makes me wonder at how much incredible work must be out there of people who choose the invisibility route. Or it chose them.
In our loud world of today I also wonder if his flamboyance would even get noticed.
Hey Karena! I finally got the time to read your piece, it's very well written, I really like the way you create the atmosphere around these artists, cause you give an enveloping feeling of their context and suddenly everything makes more sense. I never thought of Dalí as a precursor of pop, but in a way it feels he was the first to treat his grotesque work as commercial, interesting take... I'm missing the end of Dalí, which is that he became a francoist, which I will never apologize, given what they did to Lorca (and to hundreds of thousands of people more)... Probably he took Franco as he took any other thing, with this commercial attitude, it was simply more convenient to be friends with him than enemies, and this didn't suppose any ideological trouble for him, apparently....I just can't cope with that frivolity of the persona. He was a "chaquetero", a person who changes the ideological jacket just because it's more convenient at the time.
Apart from this, Dali's technique was completely undeniable, but he had a way of doing, like all gradient rendered and soft brushwork that I never liked much personally. I've always preferred Marx Ernst, or even Yves Tanguy... I don't know, I just can't have much sympathy for him, although the video of him in an American tv contest where they have to guess the character and he starts to lie is hilarious and very surreal indeed.
Oh, I haven't checked the bibliography, but Pepín Bello wrote a lot about these artists cause he was friends with them, and he put Dalí as a bit of an autistic guy: he said he had to be accompanied all the time for very basic and simple errands like going to a store and buy soap, and he was a bit the joke of the group and they used to mock him constantly.
This is WONDERFUL. I do very much appreciate your time in reading this, and your contribution to the conversation. With Dali there is so much to unpack and you have helped color some of this with pragmatism which is always good.
His turning in politics does seem to have been convenience, like anything which kept the money flowing for him. I consider him one of the earliest sensationalists, indeed a precursor to Warhol.
Very interesting—your take and preference on style, which also makes sense as demonstrated by your own process and art. I think he is the ACGM (Academic Classicist Gone Mad) 😂
I have built up in my bravery to go head on with the ones so very important to me… waited until I felt ready, so your words mean so very much to me. These are the hardest of all, because I must—absolutely—do justice.
People who have become icons and turned into archetypes deserve recognition as the people they were. Their journey is actually more important.
Jim, and his words, of course, was the only one possible. Two tormented souls handling very different extremes yet hauntingly similar.
What a story you've written, reminds me of what you said once about creativity eating people, but this of course is a step further. What a life. The more I read your stories the more I see how self-aggrandising romance seduces people....
I’m pretty proud of this one—thanks for taking the time to read it! I know you are cutting down on your time here and I appreciate you dedicating some for my work.
That’s a very good way to put it. It’s like there is a corner to turn when it comes to fame or even recognition. Some do it sooner, some later. Most of the time if it’s the iconic names we know, they did turn it. That’s why we know them.
In a few cases, others pushed their work outward later because when they saw the corner ahead they chose to go the other way during their lifetime.
It makes me wonder at how much incredible work must be out there of people who choose the invisibility route. Or it chose them.
In our loud world of today I also wonder if his flamboyance would even get noticed.
Hey Karena! I finally got the time to read your piece, it's very well written, I really like the way you create the atmosphere around these artists, cause you give an enveloping feeling of their context and suddenly everything makes more sense. I never thought of Dalí as a precursor of pop, but in a way it feels he was the first to treat his grotesque work as commercial, interesting take... I'm missing the end of Dalí, which is that he became a francoist, which I will never apologize, given what they did to Lorca (and to hundreds of thousands of people more)... Probably he took Franco as he took any other thing, with this commercial attitude, it was simply more convenient to be friends with him than enemies, and this didn't suppose any ideological trouble for him, apparently....I just can't cope with that frivolity of the persona. He was a "chaquetero", a person who changes the ideological jacket just because it's more convenient at the time.
Apart from this, Dali's technique was completely undeniable, but he had a way of doing, like all gradient rendered and soft brushwork that I never liked much personally. I've always preferred Marx Ernst, or even Yves Tanguy... I don't know, I just can't have much sympathy for him, although the video of him in an American tv contest where they have to guess the character and he starts to lie is hilarious and very surreal indeed.
Oh, I haven't checked the bibliography, but Pepín Bello wrote a lot about these artists cause he was friends with them, and he put Dalí as a bit of an autistic guy: he said he had to be accompanied all the time for very basic and simple errands like going to a store and buy soap, and he was a bit the joke of the group and they used to mock him constantly.
Anyways, thanks for your great text!! Hugs!!!
This is WONDERFUL. I do very much appreciate your time in reading this, and your contribution to the conversation. With Dali there is so much to unpack and you have helped color some of this with pragmatism which is always good.
His turning in politics does seem to have been convenience, like anything which kept the money flowing for him. I consider him one of the earliest sensationalists, indeed a precursor to Warhol.
Very interesting—your take and preference on style, which also makes sense as demonstrated by your own process and art. I think he is the ACGM (Academic Classicist Gone Mad) 😂
This post is absolutely brilliant in every way
Thank you my friend.
I have built up in my bravery to go head on with the ones so very important to me… waited until I felt ready, so your words mean so very much to me. These are the hardest of all, because I must—absolutely—do justice.
People who have become icons and turned into archetypes deserve recognition as the people they were. Their journey is actually more important.
Jim, and his words, of course, was the only one possible. Two tormented souls handling very different extremes yet hauntingly similar.
Thank you for the captivating read. Many sparks a flying!
Thinking about the rite of passage of the undergraduate art student and Un Chien Andalou.
A new way to understand a very complicated art and artist we have been trained to look at a certain way.
Glad you found it of value, thank you for reading such a long piece!