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Monday, December 8, 2008
Salvador Dali exhibit coming to Dayton
Controversial artist Salvador Dali, who was a key player in the surrealist movement, will be the star of an art exhibit expected to open downtown in late January next year.
Planning is still underway and dates, hours of operation and ticket prices still have yet to be nailed down, but Karah Fairchild, project manager for the “Justin King’s LOVE conquers HATE” exhibit, said Friday that the roughly 8,000 square foot space on the second floor of Webster Street Market has been confirmed as the location of the exhibit with a target date of late January to open. Fairchild estimates the exhibit will be open for around two months.
Fairchild said that more than 175 pieces will be on display of which the majority are predominantly Salvador Dali lithographs. The remaining pieces are Max Ernst lithographs and three rare books according to Fairchild.
German owned Evertz Group (based in Solingen, Germany) has a Middletown facility that employs Dan King whose son Justin, 21, suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. Knowing that King’s son was in need of a double-lung and liver transplant members of Evertz decide to get involved in helping raise the funds the family needed.
Dr. Heinz Ess owns the Dali and Ernst print collection and agreed to lend the art to help raise money. Fairchild said that several special events will take place in conjunction with the exhibit including a grand opening celebration featuring a lecture by Ess who will be making the trip to Dayton from his home in Germany.
With the upcoming release of “Little Ashes” next year on March 27 that chronicles Dali’s early years and his early loves (it stars Robert Pattinson who appeared as Edward Cullen in the recent “Twilight” film release, watch the trailer here) it seems Dali is having his day once more and soon he’ll have it in Dayton.
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