Salvador Dali is the author of the logo of the famous Chupa-Chups lollipops. Enric Bernat, the founder of the company, personally asked Dali for help in creating the logo. And so, on the old newspaper, from under the hand of a surrealist, the world-famous logo appeared today. The decision to place the logo on top of the lollipop instead of on the side was also a brilliant suggestion by Dali.
As a reward, El Salvador received a decent fee and demanded that a box of candy be delivered to him daily. With these lollipops, he came to the playground, defiantly unpacking the lollipop, licking it and throwing it on the ground. The process was repeated until Dali was completely satisfied with it.
From a series of photographs by Jean Dauzaid. Photo: acontinuouslean.
2. Threw Yoko Ono for money.
Amanda Lear, known as Dali's muse, shared a story: Yoko Ono once asked Dali to send her hair from his legendary mustache. Dali thought Yoko Ono was a witch and could put a spell on him. Instead, he asked Amanda to find a dry stalk of grass in the garden and send it to Yoko in a cool packing box.
Yoko Ono paid $10,000 for it.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
3. Love for Gala.
Yes, this story is definitely on the list. unusual stories from the life of Dali. Elena Ivanovna Dyakonova, known as Gala, met the young Dali, being 10 years older than him and married. But love struck both and soon they got married.
This aroused the indignation of the Dali family, but it was not so important. Gala became his muse for life. Once, he gave her a castle in the province of Girona, where he could not come without a written invitation. Now Gala is buried there.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
4. Surrealists did not recognize him.
Dali was openly fascinated by the figure of Hitler. He even painted a picture in which the image of Hitler was presented as a landscape. The Surrealists saw this as Nazism, unacceptable at the time, and expelled Dali from their company.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
5. Not an addict.
There is a stereotype that all extraordinary creators take drugs, which serves as a source of creativity for them. But Dali was not involved in this. He stated, “I don't do drugs. I am the drug."
He plunged into the state necessary for creativity with the help of the paranoid-critical method, which he invented himself. One of the ways he kept himself in a fairy state involved staring at a particular object until it took on a different form, causing a hallucination.
Photo: acontinuouslean
6. Was expelled from art school. Twice.
Being a rebel since childhood, Dali was not shy fancy clothes and behaviour. At that time, the style of the British dandy of the 19th century, which Dali adhered to, was considered extravagant. Dali never finished school. The first time he was expelled was because of his participation in school protests. In the second - in 1926, right before the exams.
Without studying, Dali did not waste time in vain and soon went to Paris. There he met his idol, Pablo Picasso.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
7. Reincarnation.
Dali had an older brother. Unfortunately, he died of meningitis and 9 months later Salvador Dali was born - he was named after his older brother's name.
At the age of five, Dali's parents took him to his brother's grave and told him that he was his reincarnation. Salvador Dali believed in this concept, although he once admitted that he for a long time I wanted to prove to myself that he is he, and not a new version deceased brother.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
8. Own museum.
Once the mayor of the city of Figueres ( hometown Dali) asked the artist to donate one work of art to a local museum. In response, Dalí restored the city's theater building into the world-famous Dalí Theatre-Museum.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
9. Alice in Wonderland.
Once Dali acted as an illustrator for the legendary Alice in Wonderland. The combination of Dali's style with the plots of Lewis Carroll turned out to be very advantageous. At first, only 2,700 copies were published, but books continued to be published.
Photo: acontinuouslean.
10. Hologram of Alice Cooper.
The collaboration between Dali and Cooper is considered one of the most epic in the art world. The creators mutually admired each other, and once Dali invited Alice to cooperate.
Together they created the world's first hologram of Alice Cooper and generally had a great time.
11. Royal heart.
Salvador Dali has created a dazzling gold masterpiece covered with 46 rubies, 42 diamonds, two emeralds and more precious stones. And that's not the most impressive part. Internal mechanism makes the Royal Heart beat like it's a living human heart.
Now it is in the Dali Theatre-Museum.
12. Vogue.
Usually on the covers of Vogue magazine we see photos of models. But a couple of times on the covers of Vogue there were drawings by a famous surrealist.
Photo: pinterest.
13. Fashion designer.
Dali loved fashion. He worked closely with the Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who created things inspired by his works. In particular, his Lobster Phone was an inspiration, and in the 1930s they made a lobster dress for the Duchess of Windsor.
Dali also created a shoe-shaped hat, a belt with buckle lips, and perfume bottles. In 1950 he collaborated with close friend Christian Dior on a project about the fashion of the future. Dali designed "Dress for 2045".
Photo: acontinuouslean.
14. Dinner party.
Dali loved to gather guests at his fun activities. For example, to gather everyone at a common table. Everything is extremely surreal. Here is a short report from the scene:
15. Didn't pay at the restaurant.
When Dali and his friends were going to have dinner at a restaurant, Dali asked to draw up an account for himself. It was necessary to pay by check, so Dali drew some kind of sketch on it. He knew that no one would cash him in, since his drawings were considered a hundred times more valuable.
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Talking about Catalonia, I want to open it for you in a new way, and first of all describe the sights that have received the least attention on various websites and blogs. However, he will not share his impressions of visiting some of the widely famous places I still can't.
Talking about Catalonia associative series names come up first famous artists, and of the artists in the first place, of course, the eccentric Salvador Dali. We were lucky enough to visit the Salvador Dali House Museum in Port Lligat, which is fully consistent with its owner, but first things first.
Port Lligat is a small fishing village located near the old Spanish town of Cadaqués. It is impossible not to recognize Dali's house, its roof is decorated with eggs, and the white walls seem to shine in the sun. In front of the house on the waves mediterranean sea splashing small fishing boats. The view is very calming. Here great artist lived from 1930 to 1982.
The house consists of several fishermen's huts, which Dali bought out gradually and connected with the existing premises. It all started with a dilapidated fishing hut, which was not adapted for living. It is this hut that today is the first room that you enter when entering the house, it is also called the bear hallway. The name is very telling, as you are greeted by a scarecrow when entering a cramped room. polar bear. which stands on hind legs with a lamp that illuminates the room, in one paw and several threads of jewelry made of metal and stone on his chest. Behind the bear is a stuffed owl and a framed butterfly. These are not the only scarecrows you will find in this house. In the same room is the famous lip-shaped sofa, upholstered in white fabric with tropical plants painted on it.
Nearby is a very modest dining room, where chairs with wicker reed seats are located, an old bench with a carved figured back, a table on which there are two massive forged candlesticks, a fireplace carved right into the rock.
From the dining room, going up a few steps, you get to the library, with a lot of bookshelves full of books. Of course, now there is no Dali library on the shelves, these are just dummies. The fact is that all the books from this library are located in Figueres, in the center for the study of Dali's work, founded at the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation.
At the very top of the bookshelves are three stuffed white swans with spread wings. This gives the impression that the seemingly peaceful birds are preparing to attack.
In the course of further inspection of the house, you will still see many of the most different rooms, decorated in unique style Dali. But one of the most important rooms in the house is the artist's studio. This is the most spacious and well-lit room. This house also has separate room Gala, the so-called oval hall, where she read and received visitors. To get into this room, you first need to go through a dressing room with wardrobes, on the doors of which there are collages of photographs in which the couple appears in the company of different stars.
However, the tour does not end with a tour of the whole house, they are waiting for you courtyard, an olive grove, a dovecote, the famous “Garbage Christ” of gigantic size, which Dali created from all kinds of rubbish and debris carried by the waves to the shore of the bay in Cadaqués.
And we go further to another place associated with Salvador Dali - Cap de Creus. This is the easternmost point of mainland Spain, the Pyrenees separating Spain and France descend from their sky-high heights and go into the Mediterranean Sea with rocky outgrowths, forming unearthly landscapes. These places are often compared to space. Constantly blowing here shrill sea winds make the vegetation of the cape extremely scarce (mostly thorny bushes), and the volcanic rocks turn into something like a stone sponge. This is what creates the impression of an absolutely alien landscape. The alien character of the landscape is largely determined by the transmontana - a harsh northerly wind, whose destructive gusts sometimes reach 150 km per hour.
Along the many kilometers of the coast, special footpaths are laid, which wind between rock ledges and bays with clear water. The route itself is quite difficult, gusts of wind make it even more difficult, so to walk through this area you need comfortable shoes and good physical condition.
The cape is attractive not only for lovers of unusual landscapes and hiking, but also for those who are interested in Dali's work. It was these landscapes that inspired the artist; Dali often depicted Cap de Creus on his canvases. For example, in the painting "The Great Masturbator" you can see the silhouette of a rock on a cape. This is not the only picture in which Dali depicted the outlines of the rocks of Cap de Creus and so that you can observe them, there are special signs on the paths that will tell you where to look and which canvas of the artist you should see. But keep in mind that the transmontana is constantly making adjustments to the landscape of the cape.
At the very beginning of the article, I mentioned that when talking about Catalonia, I want to open it for you in a new way, and first of all describe the sights that have received the least attention on various websites and blogs. You can get acquainted with such places in the June issue of Forbes Kazakhstan magazine.
Today, June 3, 2017, the TV game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" is on air. IN today's show two pairs of players participated. This is Elmira Abdrazakova with Alexander Serov and Irina Apeksimova with Daniil Spivakovsky. The first pair of players chose a fireproof amount of 200 thousand rubles, and the second pair as much as 800 thousand rubles. Unfortunately, both pairs of players lost. The first was a little short of winning, while the second participants were far from winning. Despite the difficulties, the players held on well, playing with optimism and determination. In the article, at first I will have the questions themselves, and at the end you can find the correct answers in it.
Questions to the first pair of players
- What, figuratively speaking, does conscience do to a person who repents of his deed?
- What is the name of Mayakovsky's poem?
- Through what, if you believe folk wisdom, is the way to a man's heart?
- Where does viburnum bloom in a popular Soviet song?
- What is the French word for "long chair"?
- What is the name and indoor plant, And cold appetizer from zucchini and eggplant?
- Which Beatles member's daughter became a fashion designer?
- What day is considered the first day of the week in Israel?
- With what lines did Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov compare service and friendship?
- Who played the saxophonist in the restaurant and cinema in the TV movie "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed"?
Questions to the second pair of players
- Where is the drummer playing?
- How set expression describes Noah's Ark: "Every creature..."?
- What tool is often mentioned when talking about a long and boring action?
- What color is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?
- What was the name in Rus' of a person who carried out orders of a commercial nature?
- What sport is the film "Million Dollar Baby" about?
- God of what, according to him own confession, was Ole Lukoye from Andersen's fairy tale?
- Which musical group wrote the musical "Chess"?
- What name African people translates as "the size of a fist"?
- Who did Salvador Dali put on a telephone receiver in one of his sculptures?
As you can see, both parts of the game were the same in terms of the achievements of the players. Both pairs of participants made it to the tenth question, which they were unable to do. The questions were difficult, as they always are at such a distance in the game.
Answers to questions for the first pair of players
- gnaws
- "Fine!"
- through his stomach
- in field
- deck chair
- "mother-in-law's tongue"
- Paul McCartney
- Sunday
- with parallel
- Sergey Mazaev
Answers to questions for the second pair of players
- on the stage
- in pairs
- bagpipes
- in orange
- clerk
- boxing
- dreams
- "ABBA"
- pygmies
- lobster
"Telephone-lobster" - surreal sculpture created by the famous Spanish painter Salvador Dali (1904-1989) in the second half of the 30s of the twentieth century. The extraordinary sculpture was created in collaboration with another surrealist painter, Edward James.
Included in the cycle of works of the painter called "War and Paranoia".
On this moment the sculpture is in the Tate Gallery, Liverpool. It is a combined diverse things, which are connected by a non-specialized idea. At the bottom is a simple dark-colored phone.
In the upper part there is a model of a lobster, which is made of plaster. The essence of the combination, which at first seems to be completely reckless, is contained in the fact that Salvador Dali, by such an action, decided to express his own protest against the general worship of technology. The sculpture has approximately the following subtext:
People separated from nature and are now separated from each other. With the advent of telephones, people also do not need to see each other in order to communicate.
Now live communication is replaced by wires and audio communications. Not paying attention to the fact that with the advent of telephones people will be able to communicate, moreover, over vast distances, it is telephones that separate people from each other.
The combination of a lobster and a telephone here can take on the most meanings and different forms. It all depends on the mind of the viewer. This is possible and a hint of the need to be closer to nature.
In addition, Salvador Dali expressed in this a certain one-dimensionality of two things: the telephone, as a product of human industrialization, and the lobster, as a popular consumer product. In addition, the lobster is an aphrodisiac and in this sculpture is a sign of sexual thirst.
The fact that some sexual connotation is hidden under the lobster can be indicated by the illustration by Salvador Dali, which was created a year earlier and was called the “Aphrodisiac Telephone” (Aphrodisiac Telephone), where, in addition, there was a lobster instead of a phone handle.
Salvador Dali himself said: “I don’t understand why, at the time when I order a fried lobster in a restaurant, they don’t give me a boiled phone under any circumstances; and besides, I don’t understand why champagne is always drunk chilled, but some handsets, which in most cases are so disgustingly warm and not very pleasantly sticky to the touch, are under no circumstances served in the same silver pails and covered with crushed ice.
For the first time, the work was presented at the first English exhibition of surrealist craftsmanship in the second half of the 30s of the twentieth century. Dali, who imagined his work, gave a lecture in the costume of a Volodaz.
In total, there are five copies of the sculpture "Telephone-lobster". The first is exhibited at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, the second at the Dali Universe exhibition in London, the third at the Telecommunications Museum in Frankfurt, the fourth at National Gallery Australia, and the fifth copy is owned by the Edward James Foundation.
Offhand, you can recall several high-profile cases for Lately associated with bullying. A drifter from Victory Square was convicted of hooliganism and desecration of historical and cultural value, and was given three years in prison. Considered hooliganism and a rope, a policeman in Minsk, was fined for this. Why were hooligans punished? Soviet years? Several videos were found in the BGAKFFD archives: there hooligans spoil sculptures, unscrew telephone receivers in automatic machines and “sit” for 15 days for drunken hooliganism.
Handsets cut by hooligans, 1965, Minsk. Here and below are screenshots from the BGAKFFD video.
About schoolchildren and cut tubes in telephone booths
The first video is 1965. The newsreel "Pioneer of Belarus" tells about teenage hooligans who cut off the tubes in telephone booths in Minsk. Schoolchildren admit that the handsets were dismantled into parts that were divided among themselves.
“Stop, pay attention, kanstruktars! And if you thought you were human beings, how could terminova spatrebіstsa phone? Geta is not svavolstvo, but zlachynstvo!” - outraged voice-over. Reasonably.
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Newsreel "Pianer of Belarus", No. 3, 1965, director-operator V. Shatalov; Minsk studio of popular science and documentary films.
The video materials were prepared by the leading archivist of the Department for the Use of Documents and Information of the BGAKFFD Elena Poleshchuk.
About adult hooligans, booze and 15 days
Video for 1966 - here we are already talking about adults who are hooligans and do not know the limits in drinking. Just this year, the USSR adopted a decree "On strengthening the responsibility for hooliganism." Hooligans are massively drawn cartoons, the Soviet public refuses to put up with them. And from drunken hooligans - more demand.
“15 days will have to be worked out: the court, quick and fair, immediately sobers up the hooligans,” the authors of the video say.
In the last frames, viewers are shown how hooligans work under the supervision of the police.
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Newsreel "Savetskaya Belarus", No. 19, 1966, dir. V. Tseslyuk, opera. Y. Ivantsov, G. Leibman, V. Puzhevich, E. Sokolov, S. Fried, V. Tseslyuk; Minsk studio of popular science and documentary films.
About the hooligans who broke the famous Minsk sculpture
The third video is 1981. In the frame - the trial of the hooligans who damaged the famous Minsk sculpture. Bronze "Boy with a Swan" in Alexander Square. This sculpture appeared in Minsk as early as 1874 in connection with the opening of a water pipe in the city.
Our sculpture is one of the copies of the work of the German sculptor Theodor Erdmann Kalide. The statue was damaged during the war - it was restored by Zair Azgur. And now here are the hooligans!
The movie about what happened to the fountain is sad and lyrical. Local historians will be curious to see the famous fountain without sculpture and the Minskers who walk next to it.
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The film "We were walking by the fountain", 1981, dir. A. Karpov, opera. Y. Plushev; film studio "Belarusfilm".
Then, in 1981, the statue was restored and returned historical value city sculptor Vladimir Maslyko. In the spring of last year, by the way, the figures of frogs appeared again on the fountain - such were there before the revolution. In the film footage from 1981, there are no frogs on the side of the fountain.
How those hooligans were punished, we do not know, but the prosecution suggested "considering the actions of the defendants not only from the point of view of the material damage caused."
