Deliciously Surreal Chocolate Dalí Exhibition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 28th September 2004

Dalí Universe on London’s South Bank celebrates Chocolate week with an edible Dalí centenary tribute exhibition.

Dalí Universe and food artist Prudence Emma Staite have come together to celebrate chocolate week in the centenary year of Salvador Dalí’s birth with a Dalí inspired chocolate exhibition.

Prudence Emma Staite will create an interactive installation inside Dalí Universe, with chocolate recreations of some of Dalí’s most iconic works, including Persistence of Memory and Space Venus, visible along the South Bank.

The exhibition is a chocoholic’s dream, made almost entirely of chocolate in a specially created visually fascinating chocolate style room, which smells and tastes delicious.

Chocolate week is a celebration of fine chocolate taking place between 4th – 10th October. Chocolate enthusiasts will be in their element with a host of events UK wide devoted to the most indulgent and sensual food.

Andrea Pedroni, Managing Director of County Hall Gallery said:

“Dalí had a unique relationship with food that infiltrated much of his works; at Dalí Universe we have some of the most iconic examples of this including the Lobster Telephone, Buste de Femme Retrospectif, and various works with the melting clock, which Dalí developed from melting Camembert cheese.”

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 tribute exhibition is free 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 4 free.

Chocolate Dalí tribute exhibition: Awaken your senses with a visit to Dalí Universe to see the Dalí inspired chocolate exhibition celebrating Chocolate week and the centenary of Dalí’s birth. Free with Dalí Universe ticket.

October 4th - October 31st
Open daily 10am – 6pm for further details call 0845 744 7485. www.daliuniverse.com

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Notes to Editors:

· Chocolate week runs from 4th – 10th October 2004 www.chocolateweek.co.uk

· Prudence Emma Staite is a food artist working primarily with chocolate. Her work questions how far food can be seen as an art form in itself. www.foodisart.co.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