Text/nxiy Wang Chun
El Salvador. Salvador dali has his own dream, and he draws it with astonishing clarity. He has long placed himself in a "paranoid critical state", and this unusual mental state has not become a self-destructive energy, but a constant stream of creative inspiration.
Dalí said, "The difference between me and a madman is that I am not crazy. ”
In fact, there's another difference between Dalí and a madman: Dalí is Dalí.
Dalí looks at Dalí
If someone else of the same era had done what Dalí had done, there would have been no doubt that they would have been considered mad. But as an artist, Dalí's grotesque behavior can also be allowed or even rewarded by social conventions.
Dalí's "self-hype" has been criticized, but it's fair to say he's not "unreal," just unusual, or his life would have been surreal.
Dalí was born into a wealthy family in Catalonia and had an open-minded and doting father. Dalí himself became famous at a very young age and never encountered any setbacks in his life. Since the age of 25, he has had a wife to take care of all kinds of mundane affairs for him, and since then his daily life has been to move from luxury hotels to luxury hotels in various countries, wandering in the middle of non-stop grand parties.
As an adult, Dalí still likes to exaggerate costumes, attract attention, and play pranks as much as he did in his childhood. People relished his grotesque behavior, and he himself enjoyed it. When he got tired of this, he went home and spent a leisurely life with his beloved wife, Gala.
Gala in the Window, 1933
Beginning in 1930, Dalí and Gala bought several fishermen's houses in the port of Ligarte, a small, remote fishing village on the Catalan Sea, and renovated them to the way they wanted them to be. Every year they spend months here quietly, painting, swimming, boating, fishing for sea urchins... When Dalí was in Port Ligart, he wore loose clothes and casual shoes bought in the country every day. When he goes out on a cruise, he wears expensive and extravagant clothes and goes in and out of luxury hotels. The Dalí in private is not the same as the Dalí in public, but the Dalí who performs to the world with great interest is not hypocritical.
The Eternity of Memory
Dalí sometimes calls himself a "Christian" and sometimes an "atheist"; sometimes he calls himself anarchist", sometimes he calls himself a "monarchist"... These, like most of his remarks, were just a matter of whimsy, and even he himself did not take them seriously. What he truly admired and believed in was his wife, Gala.
Gala is Russian and was born at the end of the 19th century. She was originally the wife of Dalí's friend, Paul Arya. At the age of 35, she left Eleuthero and their daughter and chose to be with Dalí. Dalí was 25 years old at the time.
The father, who had always doted on Dali, finally fed up with his obedient words and deeds, broke with him, and said, "You will end your life like a destitute louse." ”
If Dalí hadn't met Gala, maybe he would have gone crazy and died in poverty. Dalí himself admitted, "Without her, I would have gone crazy..."
The sight of flying away without a center of gravity in all directions
Ever since Dalí met such a lifelong companion as Gala, it can be said that the gods have returned to their places. Gala constantly appears in Dalí's paintings as the goddess who dominates the world of Dalí. She helps him with everything outside of creation, especially the negotiation of commercial interests. People who came into contact with Gala generally described her as a "shrewd" and "tough" woman. Since then, Dalí has only been able to create/make money, and he doesn't know exactly how much money he has made. He also had no idea of the price of everyday goods, such as the $100 tip he once gave to a driver — he certainly didn't care about that money, and he really didn't know how much to tip.
In the 1930s, the two ran to the United States to make a name for themselves. As soon as every painting of his is finished, someone has to buy it, make a movie, design a stage, design furniture, jewelry, photography, write a novel, give a speech... Think of what to play and what to play. More than a decade later, Dalí returned home in a huge Cadillac with a sable-clad Gala (it was July at the time), and his father reconciled with him.
Space Venus, 1977
Dalí himself was born in 1904 and died in 1989, surviving two world wars, but the surreal world that belonged to him remained intact until Gala's death.
In the last years of her life, Gala asked Dalí to buy a castle for her in the mountains 50 kilometers from their common residence, where she lived on a daily basis and could not go without her permission. Dalí admits that "over time my masochism has gotten worse and worse, and I love that state." ”
Dalí's attachment to Gala was consistent. Dalí lives in his dream, and Gala is an important part and guardian of this dream, as long as Gala is still there, Dalí can choose to stay in the dream to enjoy himself, or go out to play and accept the admiration and admiration of others.
Red lip sofa
Both Dalí and Gala lived to be in their eighties, but Gala, who was 10 years older, was a few years older. The last few years without Gala were very bitter for Dalí, his world collapsed, he stopped creating, he had no interest in performing anything in the face of the world again, he refused to eat and drink but was violently intubated. In the years before his death, "Dalí" was worshipped as a famous artist, but his personal wishes were no longer respected and realized.
Dalí with a warped beard
Dalí spent most of his life happily living in his own dreams and doing his best to paint this dream for others to see until the dream collapsed.
Please do not doubt the authenticity of this dream, it is by no means false, but surreal.