Dali by Dawn Ades

Dali by Dawn Ades

Salvador Dali is perhaps the most universally famous and popular twentieth-century artist. What accounts for this popularity? Is it his excellence as an artist? The accessibility of his imagery? Or his genius as a self-publicist? In a searching text, completely revised and updated in this edition to incorporate new information that has come to light since Dali's death in 1989, Dawn Ades considers some of the puzzling questions raised by the Dali phenomenon. His early years, the development of his technique and style, his relationship with the Surrealists, his exploitation of Freudian ideas, and the image which Dali created of himself as the mad genius artist are all explored in this brilliant and thought provoking study.

'One of our foremost historians of Surrealism … has had access to her subject – a privilege available to few – and her book is particularly revealing' - The Spectator
'A sensitive art-historical study' - Times Literary Supplement
'Richly documented and illustrated' - Arts Review

Dawn Ades is Professor Emerita of the History and Theory of Art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography and women artists, among other things. Publications include Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, Writings on Art and Anti-Art, Marcel Duchamp (with Neil Cox and David Hopkins) and Photomontage. Among the exhibitions she has organised or co-organised are ‘Art in Latin America’ (1989); ‘Fetishism: Visualising Power and Desire’ (1995); ‘Salvador Dalí: The Centenary Retrospective’ (2004); ‘Undercover Surrealism’ (2006); and ‘Dalí/Duchamp’ (2017–18).

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ISBN 13	9780500204764
ISBN 10	0500204764
Title	Dali
Author	Dawn Ades
Series	World Of Art
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2022-04-07
Number of pages	304
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