Diary of a Genius
of Salvador DalĂ, J.G. Ballard (Introduction)
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Diary of a Geniusstands as one of the seminal texts of Surrealism, revealing the most astonishing and intimate workings of the mind of Salvador DalĂ, the eccentric polymath genius who became the living embodiment of Surrealism, the 20th century's most intensely subversive,disturbing and influential art movement. DalĂ's second volume of autobiography, Diary of a Genius covers his life from 1952 to 1963, during which years we learn of his amour fou for his wife Gala, and their relationship both at home in CadaquĂ©s and during bizarre world travels. We also learn how DalĂ draws inspiration from excrement, rotten fish and Vermeer's Lacemaker to enter his "rhinocerontic" period, preaching his post-holocaustal gospels of nuclear mysticism and cosmogenic atavism; and we follow the labyrinthine mental journeys that lead to the creation of such paintings as the Assumption, and his film script The Flesh Wheelbarrow.This new expanded edition includes a brilliant and revelatory essay on Salvador DalĂ, and the importance of his art to the 20th century, by the author J. G. Ballard.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 274 pages
- Publisher Solar Books
- Publication Date March 1st 2007
- First Publication 11/05/64
- Language English
- ISBN 9780971457836
- Edition Not informed
- Category Arts & Culture
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