Exhibition 'Dalí. Bible, Surrealism, Games' in Museum Krona
Between 1963-1965 Salvador Dalí illustrated the Bible, one of his masterpieces, unprecedented in virtuosity and originality.For the first time in the Netherlands, the hand-signed proofs of the complete series of 105 performances are shown. The presentation of this biblical cycle, considered one of the highlights of 20th-century biblical illustration, is complemented by the ten-part series Moïse el le Monothéisme' (after Freud), printed on hides (an allusion to the Golden Calf). In addition, there will be woodcut proofs from the Dante series and other work by Dali. The Bible and Moses series come from the collection of Richard H. Mayer, art office Bamberg.
The visual world of Dali (surreal, otherworldly, an intertwining of mythology, religion and eroticism) has in the art of today mainly interfaces with video art, the game world and the world of virtual reality, in which the spectator and player are sucked into an unlimited, hybrid fantasy world. Mythology and religion play an important role in the game videos, a layer of meaning that, just like in Dali's work, is neglected. In this part of the exhibition, the role of religion in the moving images and game videos is depicted and analyzed.
