#dali #installation #art To be honest with you after seeing the Dali theater and museum in Figueres all other art exhibitions seemed mundane and pedestrian. And I have seen all the best museums, galleries and and shows in the world. Trust me, Dali was the master of all masters of the 20th century. Sort of like a dream Da Vinci.
I have been to Spain three times, and each time I had a very specific purpose - the first time I wanted to see Gaudi - he was the surrealist of the world of Architecture. The second visit i devoted to Madrid and its famous art museums, including the Royal palace. But of course the Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, with all the Spanish masters in them - Picasso, Goya, I dont really like El Greco to be honest but found out the Spanish kings had incredible taste and they liked Hieronymus Bosch and brought his paintings to Spain, and his Garden of Earthly Delights is in impeccable condition in the Prado and is one of the most unforgettable paintings you would see today.
Any way, this summer i also walked the Camino de Santiago - an 800 km walk through rural and not so rural northern Spain which took me to very small villages. In every village there was a church with an out of this world altar piece in it. I realized the pictorial tradition of surrealism, and the pictorial and strong painterly vein in Spain, is deeply rooted in the church altars of the catholic churches in Spain.
I am in the process of.. still processing my visual experiences because I am also busy with making my own stuff. But the visuals of Northern Spain, Catalonia, The shores of Costa Brava left deep impression on me. I actually cried leaving Cadaqués. Because these landscapes, and I am talking almost all of the Frances Camino Spain, but of course especially Costa Brava… these landscapes were masterly works In-and-of-themselves
my work is always a balancing act in taking in and processing the past and working on the future.
Samos Monastery and the Monastery of San Martiño Pinario.
The pictorial tradition of Spain as recorded by me through my Camino de Santiago journey this summer. It was deeply felt through my body, my feet and my eyes.
