The Dalí – Revolution and Tradition Exhibition at Museo del Corso includes 60+ of Salvador Dali’s works ”accompanied by photographic and audiovisual documents”. The paintings and drawings explore the unique Dali “creative universe,” emphasizing his deep connection with Old Masters – Velázquez, Raphael, and Vermeer – and contemporaries like Miró, Picasso, and Surrealist André Breton.
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“An eclectic artist and brilliant intellectual, Salvador Dalí explored various disciplines with interest and passion – science, literature, philosophy, and cinema, for which he was a theorist, director, screenwriter, set designer, and actor.”
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To characterize Dalí’s works and “vast, surreal world” as complex is an understatement. Viewing the exhibition was truly an educational experience, providing a glimpse into the “creative universe of one of the great masters of 20th-century art”.
Via del Corso
Museo del Corso is located on Via del Corso, a major street lined with impressive Roman architecture. It’s the main shopping area in central Rome and connects Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. Majestic historic monuments and Roman buildings line the street, including Palazzo Chigi, Palazzo Fiano, and the famous church Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso. The area is rich in art galleries and features Galleria Alberto Sordi, a haven for shoppers. I’ll be spending more time in this area!
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“Dada is an artistic and literary movement formed in response to the disasters of WWI and an emerging modern media and machine culture. Dada artists sought to expose accepted and often repressive conventions of order and logic, favoring strategies of chance, spontaneity, and authenticity.” nia-faraway
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“Surrealism, a 20th-century avant-garde movement in visual art and literature, aimed to unleash the creative potential of the unconscious mind, so much so, that Dalí’s works and drawings can be described as “dreamlike.”
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Dalí Exhibition
“This unprecedented exhibition path winds through four sections dedicated to the dialogue between Dalí and the great personalities of art who profoundly influenced his work – Vermeer, Velázquez, Raphael and Pablo Picasso, with whom he had a deep and complex relationship.”
50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship
The Dalí exhibition provides an in-depth look at drawings and original materials he used to create 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship. In this 1948 essay on painting, Dalí “celebrates contemporary technique and composition, as well as the mastery of past artistic geniuses”.
Dadaism
“Dalí’s style later veered toward Dadaism, a style that would accompany him throughout his life. The word Dada derives from the children’s nonsense ‘da-da’ and developed in reaction to World War I, when artists like Dalí began rejecting the new beauty brought by modern capitalist society.”
Lunch Central Rome
After viewing the Dali exhibition, I enjoyed a lingering lunch at a quiet sidestreet restaurant. The waiter’s suggestion of a Milanese pasta dish that I’ve never heard of and can’t pronounce :o) was delicious!