LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS AND FUTURE FRIENDS, DEAR AQUAINTANCES
Join us for an evening of canapes, philosophy of design & networking to celebrate our 10th event.
On Wed 25th May, 2011, 6.45 pm -- 11.00pm
Venue: LVPO, Basement Bar, 50 Dean Street, London, W1D 5BQ / We've moved! /
TOPIC -- 'There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.'
Between 1941 and 1970, Dalí had created an ensemble of 39 jewels. "The Royal Heart" -- the most famous jewel is made of gold encrusted with 42 diamonds, 46 rubies, and four emeralds. It is created in such a way that its center "beats" much like a real heart. In 2007 Damian Hurst made a headline with his scull covered in more than eight and half thousand diamonds. It was for sale for 50 million but Dali got there first.
ARE YOU READY TO GET ON THE JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY? When his secondary education was completed, he attended the Academia De San Fernando - School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving. It was in 1926 shortly before his final exams when he was expelled from the school. He stated that no one there was competent enough to examine him. THERE ARE DEFINITELY STEPS TO TAKE AS WELL AS RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE. Dali's landscapes are based on a dramatic cost line on the north east of Spain where he was born in 1904. He once said:' I have been made in these rocks, here I shaped my personality. I cannot separate myself from this sky, this sea, and these rocks.' DO YOU REALISE THAT YOUR VALUES DRIVE YOUR LIFE PURPOSE? 'Surrealism is thought dictated in absence of all control by reason and outside all moral and aesthetic preoccupation, I know it by heart. Understand? I am the true embodiment of this faith, more than any of you. I am surrealism, with or without the official stamp.' YOUR ACTIONS ARE A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. Dali's wife Gala was to become his muse and major influence in his work. She has been featured in many of his works which were often surrounded by controversy. In The Sacrament of the Last Supper, Dali gave Christ Gala's features. In many of his pictures he portrayed her as the Madonna. After her death, he lost much of his will to live. ARE YOU SETTING GOALS ACCORDING TO YOUR MOST AUTHENITIC SELF? Dali developed a style which he called 'paranoiac-critical'. His technique was meticulously realistic resulting in 'hand-painted dream photographs' containing a hallmark imagery of molten watches, hallucinatory decay, human chests of drawers or burning giraffes.
• When Dali was five, his parents took him to the grave of his brother where he was told that he was his brother's reincarnation. He came to believe this concept.
• Dali became an increasingly devout in his Catholic faith. He was also inspired by the dawning of the "atomic age" and the shock of Hiroshima. What can you learn about an artist who sought to synthesize images of material disintegration inspired mainly by nuclear physics with Christian iconography?
• Dali's home was full of these really unexpected and unusual objects like giant eggs, exotic stuffed animals, sexually suggestive shapes and weird sculptures. Walking into his home felt like walking into one of his paintings. He took surrealism far beyond painting; What is it that permeates every aspect of your life?
Timetable:
18:45 Registration & Introduction
19:30 First Speaker / Dagmar Holubova -- Designer's Atelier/ - Award Winning Interior Designer & Independent Thinker who Embraces Design as a Transformative Art, Founder of Designer's Atelier. Working both residentially and commercially and with a product line that sells internationally Dagmar prides herself on her approachable manner with clients and has committed herself to creating design experiences that work from the inside out to restore one's energy and reflect one's personality. 'There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.'
20:15 Refreshments
20:30 Second Speaker -- / Nathan Meyers - Nathan's Art Shop / An entrepreneur in numerous fields, Nathan has successfully turned many of his interests and hobbies into paying roles. From insect collector to design guru in South Africa, to founder of an online art gallery and wine store/club in London. 'At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.'
21:15 Networking
Price: £12 online or £15 on the door / Canapés & Soft Drinks are included in the Ticket Price /
http://www.meetup.com/Transformative-Art-of-Design-Philosophy/events/18669271/
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. Salvador Dali
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