Dali

At the invitation of Dalí Paris, Patrick Rubinstein enters the surrealist universe of the Catalan master and displays his art in perfect harmony, like a contemporary echo of Dalí’s visions. The exhibition Illusions Croisées presents itself as a unique encounter between two artists who, each in their own way, question the limits of the imagination. Dalí Paris, located in the heart of Montmartre, has been home to the largest private collection dedicated to Salvador Dalí for over thirty years, assembled by collector and gallery owner Beniamino Levi. In an intimate atmosphere, the museum exhibits more than 300 works – oil paintings, drawings, watercolours, engravings and sculptures – offering a unique panorama of Dalí’s inspiration, between science, antiquity, renaissance, alchemy and religion.

Faced with this legacy, Patrick Rubinstein, master of figurative kinetic art, extends the obsessions of the Catalan genius: women, dreams, secrets, time and butterflies. Where Dalí opened the drawers of the unconscious, Rubinstein reveals its shifting reflections; where surrealism sublimated reality, kinetic art makes it waver. It is all a matter of perception: his works require the viewer to approach, move around and change angles. The result is modern magic, a ballet of gold, light and illusions where angels, butterflies and suspended visions appear. Illusions Croisées thus weaves a visual and sensory dialogue between two creators separated by time but united by their shared audacity: that of reinventing reality to confuse the eye and awaken the mind

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