The second exhibition of Salvadore Dali's work has opened in Shanghai, this time on a larger scale than the premiere show in the Art Museum last year.
The new exhibition, in the Urban Planning Exhibition Center (UPEC), also promises to be more fun.
The UPEC has arranged an interactive multi-media exhibition, in which the visitor can play and operate lights and equipment to enter Dali's art world.
A gadget in the exhibition hall enables the visitor to re-design his/her face with their fingertips: twisting the face, enlarging the eyes or mouth, anyone can play this game wantonly as the artist himself advocated.
Shanghai is the third stop in the exhibition's China tour. The other two were held in Beijing and Guangzhou, both in art museums.
The UPEC has made a great effort to present an original environment for the Dali show, setting two thematic background colors, red and black, to add fantastic atmosphere.
More than 30 sculptures and 362 pictures by Dali are on display. The show is divided into three sections: Sex and Women, Religion and Legends, and Dream and Fantasy.
Dali, arguably one of the top three most important modern artists - the other two being Picasso and Matisse - gave his unique interpretation to literary and cultural classics, from the Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy to the poetry of Chairman Mao.
Visitors won't want to miss Dali's masterpieces of sculpture and furniture design, such as his Venetian with the neck of a giraffe, his half-man half-cupboard, and various soft watches and tables with high-heeled legs.
The exhibition runs for two months. The giant elephant with extremely thin and long legs, burdened with a shining pyramid, will stand at the gate of the UPEC for the whole period.
November 25-January 24, 2003
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
100 Renmin Dadao
Tel: 6318-4477
(Shanghai Star December 6, 2002)
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