Voronchenko Vladimir, director of the museum Fabergé:
the Exposition prepared long and difficult. We spent a lot of time for negotiations with the museums, at the level of directors received a consent, but the boards of trustees of a number of the museums eventually refused to us. I think that because of a difficult political situation. However that after all it was succeeded to bring — it is unique and is large-scale. Early surrealistic landscapes of the 1930th years — what everything is known by Distances. But the works most interesting, in my opinion, belong to the middle of the 1970-1980th. Time when Dali returned to sources, to classics, Michelangelo was fond. Its palette sharply became gray that is connected with death of its muse — Gala. Our exhibition shows revolution and traditions in creativity Gave.
Konstantin Sukhenko, chairman of committee on culture :
Why Dali? Because spring! This is the person of infinite vital force, vozrozhdenchesky power. Fabergé's museum presented to us a breath of fresh air, original, infinitely live, vital outlook on life. Such exhibitions also do Saint Petersburg cultural stolitsey.
Salvador Domenec Felip Zhasint Dali i Domenec. "Soldier", or "Los Embozados". Based on "Lorenzo Medici's" sculpture from a gravestone Medichi Lorenzo Michelangelo's works. 1982 . Gala-Salvador Dalí fund.
Monakhov Ruben, artist :
Gave For me — the character belonging more likely to the category "mass culture", than to the category "fine arts". Shocking and self-praise — it just from an arsenal of figures of pop culture, also Gave dexterously them used. Nevertheless, it is important to understand that one shocking most and other public relations not enough. The product round which all this will spin is necessary. Genius Gave — in thin understanding of that, than "to hook" on the inhabitant. Dali's heritage is quite extensive. There is very quite good graphics — thin, masterly. And painting, in my opinion, dry and "tasteless". There are more than tricks and a shtukarstvo, than composite, coloristic, and other picturesque finds. Let's tell so, this is the author who should be known, but there is nothing to love. But Dali — part of cultural history. And it from there already anywhere will not get to. Regardless of how to treat his creativity.
Gerashchenko Andrey, artist, Masterful mosaics TAURI :
Gave, in my opinion, one of the few artists who was able to afford, disregarding opinions of public, to do things which can not only surprise, but also even to shock. Nevertheless, it remained and remains available to understanding of the majority of people. To me it is nice the attentiveness to a represented subject and the clearness of idea of the represented imagination. As for its influence on art, nobody will deny that its images remain actual and today and, I think, remain such still very long. Concerning shocking, I think it a by-product of any creativity, someone has more at someone less, but anyway it is present at each act of creation: just was nothing and suddenly appeared. Images of Dali are eternal, and anything with it will not do.
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Salvador Domenec Felip Zhasint Dali i Domenec. "In search of the fourth measurement". 1979 . Gala-Salvador Dalí fund.
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