用什么来描述达利呢？他的小胡子一翘眼睛一瞪，这道填空就变成了命题作文。玩科学、做表演、聊时尚、拍电影，列举完这些方才反应过来那层古怪的外衣下，藏着一位真性情的艺术家。

在客观写实规律早已被艺术家们掌控的二十世纪，弗洛伊德对内心自我的追寻理论大行其道，也开启了达利探索超现实幻觉的执着。其实达利曾阅读过大量的哲学书籍，直到弗洛伊德《梦的解析》击中他。本就热衷于做出格的事情以引起他人的注意，这样不羁的性格更促使达利把荒谬梦境般的形象搬至纸面。钢琴、泉水、云、树木，这些熟悉的形象符号让人感觉并不难懂，但达利的组合创作方式因为违背逻辑而显得荒诞，这是他自己对主观世界做出的另类解读。达利注重的形象是“超现实主义的物品应当是绝对无用的，并且从实用的观点看是绝对荒谬的，它以最大的可触知性体现着发狂个性的精神奇想。”

随时代进程流淌在时间线上的达利，着实把自己也活成了艺术品。他在专业领域里的创作本就足以在顶峰站稳，没想商业领域里更是如鱼得水。这种在当时新鲜的跨界和发展方式也无意间点亮了其他艺术家，例如安迪·沃霍尔、草间弥生、翠西·艾敏等，为他们打开了一扇新的大门。当然，纵使在各个领域大放异彩，都难掩达利在画作上最为开创性的成就。

放置于历史长河，他在现实中编织的幻境虽较晚走进人们的视野，达利仍被认作最重要的超现实主义大师之一。当初与伯乐安德烈布列松相识后被邀请进超现实主义圈子，却因为中立的政治态度而没能待过西班牙内战。或许这样的结果听起来让人有些沮丧，但不要忘记他可是达利，傲娇的他反而更大声宣布：“没有人可以剥离开我和超现实主义，因为我就是超现实主义！”

作为二十世纪超现实主义运动最具代表性的先驱之一，达利以一种怪异而致绝妙的方式挖掘潜意识，重新诠释想象力和创造力。新年伊始，杜若云章择选其二十余幅石版画和蚀刻版画，展示达利如何将光影游戏、性符号、科学宗教图像等元素把玩于股掌，也看他如何用精准的高超技能诠释版画工艺。“超越记忆的永恒”展览将带大家重温达利在历史上创造的重要时刻，主题即延伸自他最具代表性的作品“记忆的永恒”，以致敬一代艺术大师留下的佳作，更致敬他远超仅仅留世的价值。

It took three cats thrust in a frame and doused in water 26 times to capture the grandiloquent personality of the man. Known for his interest in everything from art to science, performance to fashion, Salvador Dali was an artist enshrouded in oddity.

The first artist to consider the persona as an extension of the artist’s work, Salvador Dali’s life was a memorable one. Innovative in straddling the commercial and the academic, Dali’s life work has unwittingly paved the way for artists such as Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama & Tracey Emmin. Despite the diversity of his practice, Dali’s inauguration in paint remains one of the most important aspects of an eclectic practice.

To begin the New Year, Je Fine Art Space brings Persistence Beyond Memory, a celebration of the works which secured Dali’s importance in art history. Named after his most iconic work, The Persistence of Memory, this exhibition celebrates Dali as an artist whose contribution to art history will continue well beyond living memory of the man.

A selection of lithographs and etchings display the artists impressive technical ability and diversity of motifs. With excellent technical precision, Dali negotiates an alternate reality in print. Marrying optical games, erotic symbolism, science and religious iconography, Dali’s works embrace the subconscious in weird and wonderful ways. Fabricating dreams in reality, Dali is considered one of the most famous surrealists, despite being a relative latecomer to the movement. He was originally invited to the group by Andre Bresson, but was later shunned by the group for his neutral political attitude during the Spanish civil war. It didn’t stop the eccentric artist emphatically claiming, “you cannot remove me from surrealism, I am surrealism!”