%C2%A9Red Grooms %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York

Dali Salad II, 1980

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Grooms' audacious portrait of the Surrealist artist-provocateur Salvador Dali emerging from a bowl of salad greens satirizes the traditional notions of portraiture, dream imagery, and indeed, Dali himself, whose disembodied head is served up on a platter. For this remarkably complex project, Grooms used fresh vegetables he purchased at a Minneapolis supermarket as the models for his salad ingredients, which were recreated as screenprints on vinyl. Painted ping pong balls were used for Dali's intense gaze.

Details
Title
Dali Salad II
Artist Life
born 1937
Role
Artist
Accession Number
P.83.59.31
Provenance
Vermillion Editions Limited, Minneapolis; sold to MIA, 1983.
Catalogue Raisonne
VEL 107 Knestrick 85
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