Salvador Dalí was, and remains, among the most universally recognizable artists of the twentieth century. What accounts for this popularity? His excellence as an artist? Or his genius as a self-publicist?
In this searching text, partly based on interviews with the artist and fully revised, extended, and updated for this edition, Dawn Ades considers the Dalí phenomenon. From his early years, his artistic friendships, and the development of his technique and style, to his relationship with the surrealists and exploitation of Freudian ideas, and on to his postwar paintings, this essential study places Dalí in social, historical, and artistic context, and casts new light on the full range of his creativity.
Contributors
Dawn Ades
Author
Dawn Ades is a professor emerita of the history and theory of art at the University of Essex. She has written extensively on Dada, Surrealism, photography, and women artists, among other topics. Her many books also include Dalí and, with Neil Cox and David Hopkins, Marcel Duchamp, both in the World of Art series.
