Salvador Dali

[zsas]

What's the story here? Was this just a one-day-kinda-perf-art-thing or did he really own this?

Salvador Dali and his pet anteater

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Maybe. Maybe not. His life at times was performance and the anteater can be just a prop. This was way before Lady Gaga.

[Worker 11811]

He was known to have a pet ocelot. Why not an anteater?

Salvador Dali used to complain that there wasn't enough surrealism in the world. He once said it was a shame that when you went to a restaurant and ordered a nice piece of fish the waiter never brought you a flaming phone book.

[JimO]

dali was certainly a "commercial" artist. he, but more his wife gala, was very focused on commercial success, pr, and selling his art!

[cliveh]

Dali had some very good quotes and my favourite is "The difference between me and people who are mad, is that I'm not mad". On another note, I remember someone who played tennis with him, who said he had a marvellous way of going for the ball, without actually hitting it.

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Dali his life was art. There's a fun Dali museum in Barcelona. He was also quite entrepreneurial.

[Leigh B]

OK. I'll bite...

What does Dali have to do with photography?

If you tell me his work was photographs of real things/people, I'll tell you you're nuts.

- Leigh

[jnanian]

he would have loved "the flaming carrot"

[zsas]

Leigh, though I read he was was involved in short films at some point, tis a stretch, but think his impact on photography garners him a seat here. But if the mods wish, move to Lounge or more appropriate.

[Worker 11811]

What does Dali have to do with photography?