Salvador Sells Out

I think that my favorite sculpture of the lot was this one. I think it is really neat to see the perfectly shaped an normal golden lady on the left, and her oddly shaped Dali version on the right. It was actually really super neat. There was also a sculpture with a normal lady who had a giraffe neck, but it was almost disturbing, so I saved the last spots on my memory card for the golden girl. Here are some great Salvador stories though:

Towards the end of his life, at his peek of fame, he would take his students and friends out to fancy restaraunts and they would order everything they could ever want. When the waiter came round for with the bill, Salvador would write out the check, and then draw a picture on the back while the waiter was watching. He was in essence writing his own money since the owner would never dream of losing an original Salvador Dali by way of cashing the check. What a genius!

In 1969 Salvador Dali was commisioned to make an original logo for the Chupa Chups lollipop company. I wonder if the advertising team expected something a little more "Salvadoresque" than just the name spelt in a fancy way inside an eight leaf clover. Suckers.