Dalí Seminars Sponsored by the Casal at the NGV

Saturday 12 September
From 2pm to 4.30pm

SALVADOR DALI & CATALONIA
Coinciding with la Diada, the Catalan National Day (11 Sep), this seminar will explore Dalí’s life and art in relation to his native Catalonia: its culture, traditions, artistic heritage and landscape. The seminar will include a brief history of Catalans in Melbourne and a short poetry recital, in Catalan and English translation, to convey the flavour of Catalan culture.

• The Provincial and the Universal: Salvador Dalí and Catalan Culture
Although often considered a Spanish artist, Dalí was born in Catalonia and identified on numerous occasions as Catalan. This lecture will examine the influence of Catalonia on Dalí’s life as well as his often-fraught relationship with his native culture and society.
- Speaker Dr Stewart King, Senior Lecturer, Spanish and Catalan Studies, Monash University

• Dalí’s Art: From Catalan Landscapes to Surrealist Masterpieces
This lecture will analyse Salvador Dalí’s artistic development from his early landscapes of Cadaqués to such Surrealist creations as The Great Masturbator (1929), The Persistence of Memory (1931), Memory of the Child-Woman (1932) and Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s “Angelus” (c.1934).
- Speaker Dr Frank I. Heckes, Honorary Research Associate, Art History, La Trobe University

Seminars Sponsored by the Casal Català de Victòria
Saturday 12 September, 2 - 4.30pm
Venue Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International
Cost $32 Adult / $27 NGV Member / $29 Concession & Student
Includes afternoon tea. Exhibition entry not included
Event code P09100

More info:
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/daliprograms.html
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/resources/Publicprograms.pdf