Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) is one of the most popular 20th century artists. In his quest to merge life and art, Dalí was a trail-blazer for today’s artists and their intimacy with the media world. Dalí is the prototype for the artist celebrity – a universal artist with a passion for science, fashion, film, design and popular culture in general.
Curator: John Peter Nilsson
Project curator for Francesco Vezzoli: Caroline Corbetta
Assistant curator, Moderna Museet: Matilda Olof-Ors
This exhibition experiments with the exhibition format itself by incorporating a contemporary artist, Italian Francesco Vezzoli (b. 1971), with the aim of highlighting Dalí’s oeuvre in a contemporary context, and understanding Vezzoli from a historical perspective.
Both artists have focused on the media phenomena of their respective times. The exhibition works range from traditional paintings, drawings and objects to film trailers, advertising posters and jewellery.
WALLACE: […] Tell me this, what do you think will happen to you when you die?
DALÍ: I myself do not believe in my death.
WALLACE: You will not die?
DALÍ: No, no believe in general in death but in the death of Dalí absolutely not. Believe in my death becoming very – almost impossible.
Mike Wallace abd Salvador Dalí,
The Mike Wallace Interview, TV interview, 19 April 1958
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