F. BANCAJA. Pl. Tetouan, 23
The Bancaja Foundation discovers a little-known and unique facet of Salvador Dalí, that of Dalí, the engraver who illustrated great books of universal history on request. as The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote o Gargantua and Pantagruel, whose 25 lithographs signed by the Catalan in 1973 They arrive in Valencia grouped in the exhibition Dalí. Lithographs of pantagruelian excesses. The author of this fundamental book to understand medieval European culture, François Rebelais, was based on a very popular character from French oral literature of the time, the giant Gargantua, and invented his genealogy, giving him a son named Pantagruel. They were kind and gluttonous giants that the author used to give free rein to his satirical-popular style about carnival heroes.. No one was free from the scourge and a world of vices was portrayed, eschatology and capital sins! Pure heresy! And by the way, gave rise to the invention of the adjective “pantagruelic”, which refers to what is abundant or excessive. The book was published in 1565 with prints of crazy characters created by François Desprez, from which Dalí drank directly to offer his own version, He maintained the original composition but added details that underlined its fantastic and satirical character.. Sometimes a small bean, sometimes a string of elements full of symbolism and sexual drive, others enriching the floor with drawings of crocodiles, knights in armor, goats, birds or breasts. Dalí said that the only difference between a madman and him was that he was not mad.. Prepare to explore Dalí's alienated world on Japanese paper, it will turn your head upside down. AU
