BERLIN, GERMANY.- CityQuartier DomAquarée in Berlin presents Dalí – The Exhibition , on view through March 11, 2007. Salvador Dali is one of the giants of the art world. In his own way, more than any other famous artist, he turned art into an event and thus made it popular and “accessible”. Fully in keeping with the idea of “surrealism for everybody” “DALÌ – The Exhibition” now finally also makes an appearance in Berlin.

“The fact that I myself, at the moment of painting, do not understand their meaning doesn´t imply that these paintings are meaningless: on the contrary, their meaning is so deep, complex, coherent, and involuntary that eludes the simple analysis of logical intuition,” writes Salvador Dalí in his famous essay “The Conquest of the Irrational”, published in 1935.

The exhibition features drawings, illustrated books, documents and work documents, original art designs and entire portfolios, including portfolio objects designed by Dalí himself, three dimensional works, multiple objects, and sculptures as well as film footage from the respective stages of his life shown on continuous loop in the affiliiated art cinema.

Salvador Dalí (11 May, 1904 – 23 January, 1989), who left an indelible mark on last century´s art as the quintessential embodyment of surrealism, attracted both fans and critics by his eccentric genius. Dalí did not create his works to please others, but expressed things that emerged from the depths of his soul. He accepted neither limits nor constraints when it came to portraying his dreams, his sentiments, and his experiences.

“Dalí at the age of six, lifting the skin of the sea with great care, to look at a dog sleeping in the shadow of the water” is a brilliant idea as are his melted clocks and the painstakingly depicted, crazy landscapes that seem to have come directly from a dream.