ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF SALVADOR DALI WORKS OUTSIDE OF HIS NATIVE SPAIN IS BEING MOVED TO A MORE SECURE LOCATION, A HURRICANE-PROOF, CEMENT AND GLASS BUILDING LOCATED JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION IN ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. THE COLLECTION OF 2,140 PIECES, INCLUDING 96 PAINTINGS BY THE "ENFANT TERRIBLE" OF SURREALISM, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS ETCHINGS AND DRAWINGS, WILL BE RELOCATED IN A NEW, $35 MILLION STRUCTURE THAT WILL HAVE A STURDIER STRUCTURE AND BE LESS EXPOSED TO THE COASTAL ELEMENTS. THE MOST UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE NEW SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM WILL BE ITS 18 INCH THICK WALLS, CAPABLE OF RESISTING THE IMPACT OF A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE, PACKING WINDS UP TO 165 MILES PER HOUR. ITS STRUCTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN EVOKE ELEMENTS THAT ARE VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF DALI (1904-1989), SUCH AS "THE RATIONAL AND THE APOLLONIAN ALONGSIDE THE IRRATIONAL, DIONYSIAN AND FANTASTICAL", THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR, DR CHARLES HENRI HINE SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW. HE SAID DALI'S WORK WILL FINALLY HAVE THE HOME IT DESERVES IN THE NEW MUSEUM, WHICH IF PLANS PROCEED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE, WILL BE INAUGURATED ON 11.JUNE.2011. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES OF THE ST PETERSBURG COLLECTION IS THAT IT GIVES A SENSE, LIKE NO OTHER, OF DALI'S 'SUCCESSIVE PERIODS" AND ALLOWS HIS FERVENT ADMIRERS TO APPRECIATE HIM BOTH AS A "CLASSIC, ALMOST IMPRESSIONIST" YOUNG ARTIST AND AS A SURREALIST PAINTER AND THE CREATOR OF 'NUCLEAR MYSTICISM", THE DIRECTOR SAID. REFERRING TO A THEORY OF ART DEVELOPED BY DALI THAT COMBINED RELIGION, MATH, SCIENCE AND CATALAN CULTURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE CLASSICAL VALUES AND TECHNIQUE.
THE CURRENT MUSEUM DRAWS CLOSE TO 200,000 VISITORS A YEAR AND GENERATES $60 MILLION FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND THOSE NUMBERS COULD DOUBLE ONCE THE NEW BUILDING IS INAUGURATED. THE NEW, THREE STORY BUILDING WILL COVER AN AREA OF MORE THAN 64,500 SQUARE FEET, WITH DALI'S WORK EXHIBITED ON THE THIRD FLOOR, AND WILL INCLUDE A CAFETERIA, A THEATER, A BOOKSTORE AND A SCULPTURE GARDEN.
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