Dalí and Léonard
The Marc Domènech art gallery exhibits a collection of photographs by Jaques Léonard where Dalí is the protagonist.
Dalí and Léonard, Léonard and Dalí. The relationship of the surrealist painter and the photographer started in the early 1950s when their mutual friend Albert Puig Palau introduced them. Puig Palau was a textile industrialist of the Catalan bourgeoisie who was also a protector of artists. As a result of this friendship, Jaques Léonard made three photographic reports where the protagonist was Salvador Dalí, who are the ones that you can now see exhibited in the Marc Domènech gallery under the name ‘Salvador Dalí. Jacques Léonard’. This exhibit arrives to Barcelona thanks to PhotoEspaña, within the OFF Festival.
Léonard did three reports in different years with the painter as a point of look. In 1955 he made the first, which appeared in the publication ‘Revista’, and the second, in 1957 for ‘La Gaceta Ilustrada’. The third report came out in 1963, thus completing this trilogy where you can see the author's talent for portray Salvador Dalí in all his splendor, acting a character who he had created himself, but also in its most intimate and real aspect as painter.
You can see the exhibition for free at the Marc Domènech gallery Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., until October 31. Check here the practical information of the gallery.