Dalí / Duchamp
07 Oct 2017 - 03 Jan 2018
Marcel Duchamp,
L.H.O.O.Q, 1919.
Pencil on postcard of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. 19.7 x 12.4 cm. Private Collection © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
L.H.O.O.Q, 1919.
Pencil on postcard of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. 19.7 x 12.4 cm. Private Collection © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
Philippe Halsman,
A Paragon of Beauty, Dalí's Moustache, 1953-54.
Vintage photomontage print. 35.3 x 23.5 cm. Philippe Halsman Archive, New York © Philippe Halsman Archive.
A Paragon of Beauty, Dalí's Moustache, 1953-54.
Vintage photomontage print. 35.3 x 23.5 cm. Philippe Halsman Archive, New York © Philippe Halsman Archive.
Marcel Duchamp,
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 1915–23 (reconstruction by Richard Hamilton 1965–6, lower panel remade 1985).
Oil, lead, dust and varnish on glass in metal frame. 277.5 x 175.9 cm. Tate: Presented by William N. Copley through the American Federation of Arts 1975 Photo © Tate, London, 2016 / © Richard Hamilton and Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 1915–23 (reconstruction by Richard Hamilton 1965–6, lower panel remade 1985).
Oil, lead, dust and varnish on glass in metal frame. 277.5 x 175.9 cm. Tate: Presented by William N. Copley through the American Federation of Arts 1975 Photo © Tate, London, 2016 / © Richard Hamilton and Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
Salvador Dalí,
Scatalogical Object Functioning Symbolically, 1931 (replica 1973).
Assemblage with shoe, white marble, photographs, a glass containing wax, a gibbet, a matchbox, hair and a wooden scraper. 48.3 x 27.9 x 9.4 cm. Collection of the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2017.
Scatalogical Object Functioning Symbolically, 1931 (replica 1973).
Assemblage with shoe, white marble, photographs, a glass containing wax, a gibbet, a matchbox, hair and a wooden scraper. 48.3 x 27.9 x 9.4 cm. Collection of the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2017.
Salvador Dalí,
Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, 1938.
Oil on canvas. 114.3 x 143.8 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund Photo © Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford / © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2016.
Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, 1938.
Oil on canvas. 114.3 x 143.8 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund Photo © Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford / © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2016.
Marcel Duchamp,
Fountain, 1917 (replica 1964).
Porcelain. Tate, London: Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1999 Photo © Tate, London, 2016 / © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
Fountain, 1917 (replica 1964).
Porcelain. Tate, London: Purchased with assistance from the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1999 Photo © Tate, London, 2016 / © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2016.
Salvador Dalí,
Les premiers jours du printemps (The First Days of Spring), 1929.
Oil and collage on panel. 49.5 x 64 cm. © Collection of the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida / © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2016.
Les premiers jours du printemps (The First Days of Spring), 1929.
Oil and collage on panel. 49.5 x 64 cm. © Collection of the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida / © Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, DACS 2016.
Marcel Duchamp,
The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes, 1912.
Oil on canvas. 114.6 x 128.9 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950-134-63a © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2017.
The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes, 1912.
Oil on canvas. 114.6 x 128.9 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950-134-63a © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2017.
DALÍ / DUCHAMP
7 October 2017 — 3 January 2018
Take another look at two artistic giants: father of conceptual art Marcel Duchamp, and larger-than-life Surrealist Salvador Dalí. This is the first exhibition to throw light on their surprising relationship and its influence on the work of both artists.
On the surface, these two great 20th-century artists could hardly be more dissimilar, but Dalí and Duchamp maintained a lasting bond of friendship and mutual admiration throughout their careers.
What fuelled this seemingly unlikely friendship was deeper than their shared artistic interests – amongst them eroticism, language, optics and games. More fundamentally, the two men were united by a combination of humour and scepticism which led both, in different ways, to challenge conventional views of art and life.
This original exhibition brings together around 80 works, including some of Dalí’s most inspired and technically accomplished paintings and sculptures, and Duchamp’s groundbreaking assemblages and readymades. It will also showcase the less familiar: photographs by Dalí, paintings by Duchamp, correspondence and collaborations between the two artists.
Presented as a conversation taking place through art, this focused exploration offers fresh ways of looking at two figures, radically revising their familiar places in art history. Through the lens of their intriguing friendship, visitors will gain a new perspective on two equally inventive, intelligent and irreverent minds. The exhibition is curated by Dawn Ades and William Jeffett, with Sarah Lea and Desiree de Chair.
The exhibition has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and The Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida, in collaboration with the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and the Association Marcel Duchamp.
7 October 2017 — 3 January 2018
Take another look at two artistic giants: father of conceptual art Marcel Duchamp, and larger-than-life Surrealist Salvador Dalí. This is the first exhibition to throw light on their surprising relationship and its influence on the work of both artists.
On the surface, these two great 20th-century artists could hardly be more dissimilar, but Dalí and Duchamp maintained a lasting bond of friendship and mutual admiration throughout their careers.
What fuelled this seemingly unlikely friendship was deeper than their shared artistic interests – amongst them eroticism, language, optics and games. More fundamentally, the two men were united by a combination of humour and scepticism which led both, in different ways, to challenge conventional views of art and life.
This original exhibition brings together around 80 works, including some of Dalí’s most inspired and technically accomplished paintings and sculptures, and Duchamp’s groundbreaking assemblages and readymades. It will also showcase the less familiar: photographs by Dalí, paintings by Duchamp, correspondence and collaborations between the two artists.
Presented as a conversation taking place through art, this focused exploration offers fresh ways of looking at two figures, radically revising their familiar places in art history. Through the lens of their intriguing friendship, visitors will gain a new perspective on two equally inventive, intelligent and irreverent minds. The exhibition is curated by Dawn Ades and William Jeffett, with Sarah Lea and Desiree de Chair.
The exhibition has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and The Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida, in collaboration with the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and the Association Marcel Duchamp.