Salvador Dal's Art and Writing, 19271942 by Haim Finkelstein - 9780521639255

Salvador Dal's Art and Writing, 19271942The Metamorphosis of Narcissus\nAuthor(s): Haim Finkelstein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521639255, 978-0521639255\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the evolution of Dal's art during the 1920s and 1930s when he was associated first with the Catalan avant-garde and then with the Surrealist group in Paris. During this period, Dal's painting style changed radically, a phenomenon which has never been fully accounted for in the extensive literature on this subject. Haim Finkelstein demonstrates that Dal's writing, in which he explicated theoretical systems such as Paranoia-Criticism and other ideas adopted from Freud, were important for the active and critical role that they played in his development as an artist and often controversial figure. His 1996 study examines these writings in detail as the foundation for the evolution of Dal's unique artistic vision.