Festival of Salvador Dali in Moscow - a bright and impressive event

In the 20 years of the last century in France, a new direction in the visual arts - surrealism was formed. Its main essence was the departure from naturalism. The transfer of the essence of man and the world around him was carried out not through logical images, but through paradoxes and illusions. The confusion of visions, the hidden meaning, parallel worlds, the transmission of their vision of the world through the prism of forgetfulness filled the space of art paintings. Cognition was carried out not according to the laws of physics, but at the level of intuition.

The brightest artist of surrealism

One of the most prominent representatives of surrealism is the Spanish artist Salvador Dali. In Moscow in early 2014, an exhibition of his works was held. This event became one of the brightest events of spring.

Genius was born in 1904 in Spain, in the town of Figueres. A talented boy already in 10 years showed an interest in creativity, and in 15 held his first art exhibition.

He joined the movement of irrationality in 1929. Dali made a great contribution to the development of painting methods, which he himself called paranoid-critical, or methods of spontaneous cognition.

Salvador Dali's exhibition in Moscow and St. Petersburg introduced visitors to bizarre images in the artist's paintings that border between sleep and reality, blurring the lines between consciousness and forgetting.

Dali believed that surrealism is the most truthful genre, because in a state of semi-consciousness, the mind is freed from social taboos and is able to manifest its truth.

Dali Fest

In order that anyone could touch the symbolism of the images of surrealism, make an attempt to learn the magical significance of things, awaken intuitive, unconscious feelings, on May 21-25, 2014 the Salvador Dali festival in Moscow was held under the name of Dali Fest.

The authors and sponsors approached the organization of the project in large scale. Visitors were expected not only pictures of the famous artist, but also a demonstration of films, show programs, competitions, overview lectures and master classes.

At the festival, many surreal paintings were exhibited. Salvador Dali in Moscow and St. Petersburg competed with modern art masters.

Dali's famous works, which took part in the exhibition: "The Enigma of Hitler" (1937), The Dark Game (1929), The Dream (1937), The Great Masturbator (1929), The Hallucinogenic Torrero (1968-1970), "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (1946) and others.

Plots of pictures of genius are diverse in essence and content. They cover almost all relevant topics: beginning with man as a small element of being and ending with the global foundations of the universe. Salvador Dali's favorite themes were Nazism, the atomic bomb, civil revolutions, the secret meaning of life, the sexual revolution, the Catholic faith, science.

Tasks of the project

The main goals declared by the festival founders were the popularization of Dali's creativity - a brilliant and unconventional representative of surrealism, the strengthening of inter-regional and international cultural ties, the search for new talents and fresh ideas among the participants of the event, strengthening the status of Moscow as one of the largest centers of world culture.

One of the main ideas of the event was the increase of the creative level of the population and the improvement of the quality of leisure time for young people, filling of its leisure with worthy pursuits, distraction of young people and representatives of the older generation from gray everyday life and everyday life.

Venue Dali Fest

The Spring Festival of Salvador Dali in Moscow was held on the site of the Center for Creative Industries "Fabrika", which since 2005 has been providing its territories for all sorts of creative workshops and art studios. Also often there are various art projects: exhibitions, festivals, master classes, competitions and shows. In addition to short-term activities, long-term programs work fruitfully under the roof of the TSI.

Salvador Dali Festival in Moscow "Factory" hosted from Tuesday to Sunday, from 12-00 to 20-00, at: Perevedenovsky Lane, 18. Let's hope that this is not the last event of such scale and direction.

Salvador Dalí Festival in Moscow - results and further plans

Judging by the opinions of visitors and publications in the press, the organizers of the project managed to interest people in the novelty and inability of the program. In addition to curious visitors, the festival hosted more than 300 participants - both Russians and foreigners. They were photographers, illustrators, artists and sculptors, theater actors, psychologists and many others.

In total, Salvador Dali's exhibition in Moscow presented 63 surrealistic pictures. At the festival, more than 25 cultural and entertainment and popular scientific events were held - installations of organized chaos, images created by Dali, ideas of aesthetic insanity.

Inspired by the general atmosphere of creativity, visitors willingly took part in contests and educational master classes.

The organizers of the festival officially promised to implement new outrageous projects.