Dalí/Duchamp - Hardcover

Professor Dawn Ades CBE; Dr William Jeffett; Gavin Parkinson; Ed Ruscha; Cécile Debray-Amar; Pilar Parcerisas; Montse Aguer Teixidor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910350478 ISBN 13: 9781910350478

Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts, 2017

Synopsis

• The first publication to explore the friendship between Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí, two of the most important artists of the twentieth century
• Featuring previously unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera, as well as Surrealist and conceptual paintings and sculptures by the two artists
• Accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
• Chapters by leading experts explore the friendship between the artists and the common themes that united them

Dalí/Duchamp examines in detail the often-overlooked relationship between two of the twentieth century's most famous artists. Though polar opposites at first glance, Duchamp, the father of conceptual art who rejected painting in 1918; and the more showmanlike Dalí, the exceptional painter of fantastical landscapes; were united by a combination of humour and scepticism that led both to challenge conventional views of art and life. After meeting in the 1930s through mutual contacts within the Surrealist group, they maintained a firm friendship over the following decades, spending time together in Paris, New York and Catalonia, where Duchamp purchased a summer house in Cadaqués, close to Dalí's home in Port Lligat. Throughout the book, expert contributors explore themes common to both artists, chief among them eroticism and identity, and both men's surprising engagement with science, optics, religion and myth. Each section is sumptuously illustrated with key pieces from both artists' bodies of work, and features previously unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera that demonstrate the enduring warmth of their friendship.

This publication accompanies two exhibitions: 7 October 2017 - 7 January 2018, Royal Academy of Arts, London; and 5 February - 28 May 2018, The Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida

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Review:

...revealing their shared impish humour, and urge to upset the applecart of the art world. It places Duchamp's game-changing readymades alongside Dalí's Surrealist objects...--Holly Williams "BBC "

About the Author:

Professor Dawn Ades CBE is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Essex and Professor of the History of Art at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Dr William Jeffett is Curator of Special Exhibitions at the Dalí Museum, St Petersburg. Gavin Parkinson is Senior Lecturer in twentieth-century European Art at the Courtauld Institute, London. Ed Ruscha is an American artist who was highly influential in the Pop Art movement. Cécile Debray-Amar is Curator of Modern Collections at the Centre Gerorges Pompidou, Paris. Pilar Parcerisas is an art critic and curator based in Barcelona. Montse Aguer Teixidor is the Director of the Centre for Dalinian Studies at the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1910350478
• ISBN 13: 9781910350478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224