Surrealism

The surrealist object is one that is absolutely useless from a practical point of view, created wholly for the purpose of materialising in a fetishistic way, withe the maximum of tangible reality, ideas and fantasies having a delirious character.

Dalí’s description of his paranoiac-critical method defines his intention : "My whole ambition is to materialise the image of concrete irrationality with the most imperialistic fury of precision in order that the world of imagination and concrete irrationality may be as objectively evident, of the same consistency, of the same durability, of the same persuasive, cognoscitive and communicative thickness as that of exterior world of the phenomenal reality".

If "surrealist" means more realistic, super-, supra-, and hyper-realistic, the realist to the hilt, then Dali is a surrealist. Unlike his systematic detractors, Dali had already made a name in Spain before arriving in Paris in 1929. He even craved out his own niche with just four simple words : “Le Surréalisme, c’est moi!”

Dalí’s creative genius transforms into three-dimensional sculpture, bringing forth his most famous and fantastic surrealistic images. The passion to express himself sculpturally lasted throughout his lifetime and each sculpture beholds a dalinian philosophy. This superb collection, the most important assembly of Dalí sculptures in France, brings to light the Catalan Master’s imagination, and exhibits an unknown aspect of Salvador Dalí’s work.