Salvador Dali exhibition in Prague. / Dipped in Rococo ~ lifestyle in analog

I D O N ' T D O D R U G S. I A M D R U G S.

It was my first time photographing art, and to be honest, I did not know how to approach it. I loved the feeling of being in an art gallery, so it's fair to say the first picture shows everything I wanted you to see. Space, art, people lost in contemplation. I didn't know whether I should photograph each piece (Alright, not each, but my favourites) separately or give you a vague idea of how it all looked like. I mean, maybe not all of you have experienced something like that yet. Despite being all chicken, breaking the rules of no photographing inside of the gallery, I took a few snaps to freeze the moment.

It's hard to describe the joy I felt when I saw big "Salvador Dali exhibition" sign when strolling Prague's Old Town. As I might have told you already, I hate how little I actually know about art. I omitted the Alphonse Mucha exhibition, because I did not know anything about his works. Dali is another story. Melting pocket watches must have been the first signs of surrealism and symbolism I've ever perceived. So in some beautiful way, experiencing that exhibition of graphic art and sculpture was like saying hello to an old friend of mine.

All in all, I'm really really happy we did this! I'm pretty sure I would have regretted not seeing that outstanding piece of art. My ultimate favourite was the series of watercolor illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy. With symbolic travels through disturbing Hell, Purgatory and soothing Heaven.

If you could visit one and one exhibition only, whose exhibition would that be?*

(*my anwer to that question would be Vincent van Gogh)

[lomo side of the story: pictures featured in this post were made using my beloved PRAKTICA MTL3 with Helios 44-2 lens :) films used were Tudorcolor XLX 200 and Fuji Superia 200, both gave some great results this time, despite artificial lighting conditions. It's a definite yes for me! I was really glad Tudorcolor turned out to be a good choice, I'm always kind of insecure when using cheap films like that, and it's cheapest 200 I've stumbled upon so far! BIG YES FOR ME :) ]

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Piece of the exposition. To be exact, part of Hell watercolors of Divine Comedy. In the right top corner you can see one of my faves, a watercolor called "The Wood and the Suicide" -- representing concept of souls of people who have committed suicides, when being sent to hell, turning into trees as a form of punishment.

Despite my friend being one gorgeous lady, I can help but stare at the lovely bokeh outside the window. It was raining, hard. By the time we got to the gallery, we were soaking wet, calves down. I spent the next day drying my shoes with a hairdryer.