Dalí , 22/02/2022
59 x 45 cm (h x w)
acrylic on paper

When I began my passion for art as a kid, I came across these amazing paintings that seemed like out of a dream. I remember that I saw my first Dalí in London while visiting a friend as an 11-year-old. I was fascinated by Dalí and his ability to capture subconscious reality in razor-sharp details. I fell in love with Dali’s works immediately. A poster of ‘Swans Mirroring Elephants’ was hanging over my bed in my youth room for years. I remember, however, that initially I was irritated by Dalí’s boastfulness and flamboyancy. Later I began to understand the concept of self-branding and that this exceptionally gifted artist was a “Gesamtkunstwerk” (a total work of art) what I perceived as exaggeration was part of the total Dalí paradigm. Now, I am still fascinated by what surrealist painters transferred to canvas. Through Salvador Dalí, I became aware of another painter whose works I love: Rudolf Hausner, founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. When I was studying film in Texas in the early eighties, one of my first projects was an animation on the works of Rudolf Hausner’s Adam. Little did I know that some decades later I would work as a visual effects producer for a movie production company, responsible for creating fantasy scenes and creatures using software tools. I wonder what Dalí would have done with such modern tools, if he were to create ‘An Andalusian Dog’ today.

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