THE STRATTON FOUNDATION AND THE DALI UNIVERSE PRESENT AN EXCITING HISTORIC EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE RENOWNED ARTIST AND MASTER OF SURREALISM, SALVADOR DALI. THE EXHIBITION "SALVADOR DALI IN SHANGHAI" IS A RARE COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS THAT WILL DELIGHT AND SURPRISE. OPENING 31.JULY AND ON VIEW TILL 14.AUGUST AT THE SHANGHAI ART MUSEUM. THE EXHIBITION "SALVADOR DALI IN SHANGHAI" COMMEMORATES THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF DALI'S DEATH AND DISPLAYS THE ARTIST IN ALL HIS GLORY. CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION AND PRESIDENT OF THE STRATTON FOUNDATION, BENJAMIN LEVI IS AN AVID COLLECTOR AND EXPERT OF DALI'S WORK. A PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE ARTIST, LEVI HAS ASSEMBLED THE COLLECTION OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, CAREFULLY SELECTING EACH ARTWORK IN ORDER TO BRING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DALI'S LIFEWORK TO THE PUBLIC EYE. AS AN ARTIST, DALI NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, HE WILL ALWAYS AROUSE INTEREST, SPECULATION, DISCUSSION AND MOST OF ALL, PLEASURE. AN EXHIBITION OF EPIC PROPORTIONS, THE VISITOR WILL TAKE AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR OF OVER 350 ARTWORKS.
THIS IS THE ONLY COLLECTION OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, FEATURING THE MOST IMPORTANT AND LARGEST GROUPING OF BRONZE SCULPTURES, SUCH AS THE 'SPACE ELEPHANT' AND THE 'BUSTE DE FEMME RETROSPECTIF'. THE SHOW ALSO DISPLAYS A STAGGERING NUMBER OF RARE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATING THE GREAT THEMES OF LITERATURE, SUCH AS THE 'DIVINE COMEDY' AND 'HAMLET'. BEAUTIFUL SHIMMERING GLASS SCULPTURES, DALI INSPIRED FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, COLLAGES OF THE MYSTICAL 'TAROT' AND THE MAE WEST'S LIPS REMIND THE VIEWER THAT DALI WAS A MULTI-FACETED ARTIST WHO EXPLORED A WIDE RANGE OF THEMES AND MATERIALS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITION IS DALI'S VAST AND MESMERIZING ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING 'SPELLBOUND' WHICH WAS CREATED FOR THE SET OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S 1945 HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OCCASION FOR THE PEOPLE IN SHANGHAI AND VISITORS TO VIEW AN ENTHRALLING COLLECTION WHICH OFFERS THE GENERAL PUBLIC A SURREAL EXPERIENCE BEYOND THEIR WILDEST IMAGINATION.
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