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by Alonzo Garbonzo on May 20th, 2005

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Was Salvador Dali a real artist or just a flamboyant self-promoter? How would one know the difference?

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  • by scymitar72 on May 24th, 2005

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    Look at his art. BTW - we are all artists in some way. Art is anything that anybody creates, everybody got they own art, man.

    And, producing "real art" does not preclude one from promoting oneself in a way some may deem distasteful. Sometimes there is no difference; Crazy genius painter = flamboyent charisma.

    Also, consider that a lot of artists don't have much say in how they are marketed - that's usually in the hands of an agent - talent agents have had a long history here in the US! In fact, it was Dali who created the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945). So, ya - there were many hands with a stake in that pot.

    We could suppose all day long - and never really know unless we could meet him face to face and chat it up a bit. That won't happen anytime soon, so I'm gonna set this one on the back burner for now.

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    • Art is a beautiful expression

      Alatea

      by Alatea on December 26th, 2005

    • I've read a great deal about Dali and a good book he wrote that helps me to understand him better than people who lack my education. See my answer for the title. I have a degree in Art, and I studied Art History on my own since I was 15 years old.

      Garrett_B5610

      by Garrett_B5610 on October 16th, 2011

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