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And a local museum had a huge exhibit of his work and only called him "quirky" and "avant-garde". They totally ignored his antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and fascism — the reason he was expelled from Surrealists.
I was livid.
"The letter from Dalí to Breton in 1935 presents Dalí's ideas and offers some insights into why he was expelled from the Surrealists in 1939. Breton kept the letter as evidence against him."
Breton was friends with Aimé Césaire, so he was not having it.
Dali does not deserve to be remembered/honoured www.vice.com/en/article/i...
Remedios Varo is better than Dali at art. WAY more complex thought and magical art. Also, I feel, more aesthetically pleasing. www.artic.edu/articles/109...
And a local museum had a huge exhibit of his work and only called him "quirky" and "avant-garde". They totally ignored his antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and fascism — the reason he was expelled from Surrealists.
I was livid.
"The letter from Dalí to Breton in 1935 presents Dalí's ideas and offers some insights into why he was expelled from the Surrealists in 1939. Breton kept the letter as evidence against him."
Breton was friends with Aimé Césaire, so he was not having it.
And a local museum had a huge exhibit of his work and only called him "quirky" and "avant-garde". They totally ignored his antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and fascism — the reason he was expelled from Surrealists.
I was livid.
"The letter from Dalí to Breton in 1935 presents Dalí's ideas and offers some insights into why he was expelled from the Surrealists in 1939. Breton kept the letter as evidence against him."
Breton was friends with Aimé Césaire, so he was not having it.
www.uncomfortableoxford.com/from-gill-sa...