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Image: Justine Vaughan, ‘Barred Bandicoot dreams of being striped Honeyeater’ Twenty-five artists have been shortlisted for the inaugural 2D Surrealist Art Prize, to be displayed in an exhibition at dAda mUse and to compete for the two prizes. Artworks selected address the surrealist theme as well as responding to the Salvador Dalí collection. dAda mUse …
The inaugural 2D Surrealist Art Prize opened to the public on Wednesday 22 November with the Winner announced at a private function on Friday 24 November 2023. Congratulations to Elizabeth Barsham for her acrylic on canvas painting, titled Tinker’s Child. Elizabeth Barsham says “The world is a confusing place, and my challenge is to turn …
Salvador Dalí’s Memories of Surrealism suite of photo-lithographs was published by Transworld Art in 1971 and expresses Dalí’s reflections of his journey into surrealist art. The detailed artworks are based on original gouache paintings with collage and bestow Dalinian symbolism. Pierre Restany, a French art critic, interviewed Salvador Dalí about each of the Memories of …
Salvador Dalí’s Hippies suite was published by Graphic Europa Anstalt and is in a total edition of 245 prints plus 24 proofs. Many of the etchings are hand coloured or contain gold dust. For Dalí, gold represented an opportunity to connect with the cosmos and to celebrate one’s soul. The artist used gold in artworks …
Salvador Dalí depicted fruits and flowers in his artworks throughout his career. Commonly known, a flower (flora) is the reproductive structure of a plant that produces pollen for fertilisation to occur. The fruit is the matured ovary of a flower, which is fleshy and contains seeds. dAda mUse is pleased to showcase some illustrious Dalí …
Fairy tales are stories that we all have some connection to, growing up reading about magical creatures and imaginary lands. Imagery of fairy tales can be dark and gruesome, while emanating astonishing beauty. The fairy tale exhibition includes Dalí’s renditions of fictions including Hans Christian Andersen tales, Alice in Wonderland, and Japanese fairy tales. Dutch …
