from the diary: “Tuesday 7/28/87
“On the bus home … Kim … told me a story about Salvador Dali … Dali had thrown a dinner party for a bunch of [titled nobility] … [A]fterward he led them into the ballroom of his palace/mansion to show off his latest work. Down came the curtain – he had purchased a real car wreck, even down to the dead bodies. Created quite a sensation. Some folks even vomited. I was dubious about the event’s occurrence. Kim dint doubt it tho she wasn’t sure she agreed with Dali’s methods …”
I haven’t been able to find any verification of this story on the web.
2 comments:
Seems like an unlikely story. It's not as if no one was going to claim the corpses. Most people have family and most families want to bury their relatives.
Sure. I don't believe it happened the way Kim described it. (I didn't at the time; and I argued the same things you offer.) But where did the story come from? I don't believe it was Kim made it up. It sounds like the sort of story -- so transgressive! so that-can't-be-art! -- that would travel.
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