Dilly Dali
07/04/08 19:55
Took in the Dali show in
Philadelphia a few years back. It was an
interesting exhibit displaying a broad selection
of works dating bake to his early years. It was
said that upon seeing Dali and his entourage,
Andy Warhol remarked that he wanted to have the
same artisitc celebrity. This was one of those
shows that tickets needed to be bought for and,
in return I suppose, it was meant to reward the
attendee with more Dali paintings than they
could shake a stick at. It even included one of
the first holograms ever made featuring a
cross-legged Alice Cooper. I was fascinated by a
painting that Dali found interesting and the
curator too a little trouble to expand upon. It
was a image that Dali, in fact, repainted, a
spin on Millet's, The Angelus. The
curator's notes pointed out that Dali was
obsessed with the painting and projected much
into it. Wrote a book on it. When Joel Cohen and
I went to lunch we walked down the museum's
front steps. Turning back you saw crazy old Dali
staring back at you. I figured that when we came
back for the afternoon (we closed the place),
I'd cross the street and pick a conspicuous spot
to stand, while Joel snapped a shot. In hind
sight, I should have leaned over and twirled
Salvador's mustache on the right side. Though
I've seen other photos on the web with other
visual punsters doing just that on these steps.
Surreal!
