The Big Dalí Draw

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6th October 2004

Join in the Big Draw at Dalí Universe on London’s South Bank for a surreal day out.

As part of the National Big Draw Campaign 2004 Dalí Universe invites you to try your hand at some typical mark making techniques as used by Salvador Dalí.

Dalí worked with a variety of apparatus to create his art works even painting with octopuses and his own moustache. In producing the series of 12 Don Quichotte lithographs on exhibit at Dalí Universe, Dalí used a Haquebus paint gun over calcareous slate and snails dipped in paint.

The big Draw campaign was born in 2000 by the Guild of St George - a charity founded by John Ruskin. The aim is not to teach people how to draw but how to see. The Big Draw 2004 will take place nation wide from 11th to 15th October.

Andrea Pedroni, Managing Director of County Hall Gallery said:

“At Dalí Universe we want all our visitors, young and old to engage in some of the mark making techniques that Dalí used which will give a greater appreciation of the range and talent of the surrealist master.”

Dalí Universe is the world’s largest collection of Dalí sculptures with over 500 works covering 50 years of surrealism including graphics, illustrations, watercolours, furniture and crystal. The Dalí big draw is free to take part with a ticket to the Dalí Universe exhibition.

Listing information:
Address: Dalí Universe at County Hall Gallery Riverside Buildings London SE1 Transport: Waterloo and Westminster Bridge Adult £8.50, conc. £7, Child (8-16) £5.50, (4-7) £3.50, Under 7 free.

The Big Dalí Draw: visit Dalí Universe during the national big draw and try your hand at surrealism. 11th – 15th October Free with Dalí Universe ticket. 11th - 15th October

Open daily 10am – 6pm for further details call 0845 744 7485. www.daliuniverse.com

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Notes to Editors:

· The Big Draw from 11th – 15th October 2004 www.thebigdraw.org.uk

· The Dalí Universe is the world’s largest and most important exhibit of sculpture by the artist, curated by his friend and colleague, Beniamino Levi.

· County Hall Gallery is a new generation art gallery. Home of the permanent Dalí Universe exhibition, featuring a fine art sales consultancy with works by Dalí, Picasso & Chagall available for purchase, a dedicated corporate events service and a temporary exhibition space – The White Space – that has featured past exhibitions including the blockbuster Marilyn Monroe: Life of a Legend and Visions of Freedom, a charitable human rights retrospective.

For more information on the Dalí Universe centenary celebrations, interview opportunities, and images please contact Nnenna Oleforo, County Hall Gallery – 020 7450 7619 nnenna@countyhallgallery.com

“Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being Salvador Dalí — and I ask myself in rapture, ‘What wonderful things this Salvador Dalí is going to accomplish today?” – Salvador Dalí