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In an interview in 1988, Leonard Cohen made one of the most intelligent approaches to the figure of Bob Dylan- artist who will perform at Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence (http://www.mandelaforum.it/notizie.php?ID=483 ) next 11^th of November – that has been done before. In it, he compared the music and the paint worlds to conclude on one hand that his genius mind and the importance of his work can only be compared to those of Picasso (with respect to the exuberance of his talent, the wide spectrum covered by this unique, colossal, almost monstrous assimilative capacity of the legacy of the entire history of art) and on the other hand regretted that music critics continue anchored in a merely figurative approach that prevented him from appreciating the high degree of sophistication achieved by Dylan as a singer, his immeasurable talent as a composer and songwriter has seemed forever beyond any doubt.

The citation appears in the magnificent and highly acclaimed two-volume book, Paul Williams, Bob Dylan Performing Artist, from the very extensive and incomprehensible bibliography devoted to the enigmatic and elusive artist from Minnesota perhaps, one of the most unique and outstanding in the world. It is very difficult to talk about Dylan, first ,because it was hard to say something about him that someone had not already published before. His influence on popular music has been so extraordinary and so many of his albums in six different decades and two centuries deserve to be called absolute masterpieces, that paralysis occurs to anyone who tries to approach a study of his work that aspires not to be expendable. On the other hand, however, Dylan continues to be an impenetrable mystery who can only be approached in a multi-faceted and fragmented way, as he has always been presented himself, saying the richness of his multiple and elusive masks. That may not be least of the many virtues of I `m Not There, the Todd Haynes formidable film conducted four years ago.

Williams´s book is fascinating, because it brilliantly goes deep into a mystery through a precise prose that spread its enthusiasm to explore Dylan´s work not only through his official recordings but, above all, the registration of its endless activities, convinced after hear that almost all the best and largest of his work has taken place outside the confines of the recording studio in his live concerts, invested with an ephemeral quality that so very narrow links with the spiritual value always associated with the music and drama.

Famous, puzzling and astonishing is the magic of Dylan´s refusal to play the same song twice in the same way, which not only makes their incomparably exciting concert events but it raises key questions concerning the nature of the art, the artist and the public could experiment in live performances.

Paul Oilzum

For this European tour, Dylan will be accompanied by his powerful band and the prestigious Mark Knopfler, responsible for the distinctive guitar sound that adorned Infidels, one of the best Dylan albums in the eighties. Do not miss this concert if you rent apartments in Florence durings those dates.

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Translated by: Hans
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Picasso, Miro and Dali are without a doubt three of the most important artists not only of their generation but in the entire history of art. Now those that are in Florence, or indeed anybody who just wants to discover one of Italy´s prettiest cities, can go along to exhibition “Angry young men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí” which is on until 17th of July at Palazzo Strozzi.

The exhibition was created to place a special spotlight on the anger and youth (hence the name) of the three Spanish artists, with 60 early works of their art.

The show locates itself during the stages, when Picasso had still not entered into the cubism movement (1900-1905), which is then contrasted with the works made by Miro between 1915-1920 – and those by Dali during the following 5 years. The aim is to study the different patterns which had taken place before Miro and Dali became surrealists.

The best thing about this show is how unusual it is to see work by these artists from these years – which are not only important in their own right, but also help us to understand what came later, and how 20th century art came to be defined.

In Madrid, during 1901, Picasso voiced his political thoughts in the magazine “Arte Joven” (“Young Art“) – meanwhile, Miro refused to create any art which represented the dominant classes of the time. Dali, on the other hand, was expelled from the academy where he was studying in 1926, for telling one of his professors that he wasn´t qualified to judge his work correctly.

More information: http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/SezionePicasso.jsp?idSezione=878

Palazzo Strozzi: Piazza degli Strozzi 1, 50123 Florencia, Italia

MiLK

If you fancy going to “Angry young men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí” and discovering some the of early work of three of the most famous artists in history, why not rent apartments in Florence and explore the city at the same time.

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The Palazzo Strozzi in Florence dedicates an exhibition to the pioneers of modern art in Spain: Picasso, Miro and Dali, who played an important role not only in the birth of the avant-garde of their native country, and also worldwide.

Under the title “Picasso, Miro, Dali. Angry Young Men: the Birth of Modernity” the show, which will open on March 12, focuses on the pre-Cubist Picasso, in the years 1900-1905, marked by his political convictions, while Joan Miro will be represented by his work of the period 1915-1929 and, finally, Dali masterpieces from 1920 to 1925, presenting his times before developing pictorial Surrealism.

Picasso policies raids began in Madrid in 1901 when he founded the magazine Arte Joven with Asis Soler, close friend, first publishing his drawings in which he sympathized with the poor. Perhaps one of the most important Picasso and Miro common features, since the latter was attributed the murder of the painting, which was born from a deep hatred of bourgeois art.

Dalí, much younger than Miro and Picasso, felt a great admiration for these geniuses of Spanish art. After being expelled from the academy in 1926, Dalí moved to Paris where he finally met his idol Picasso.

The exhibition explores the beginnings of these important figures of modern art, placing emphasis on the avant-garde revolution they marked with their art and which was already masterfully distilled in their earlier work.

More info: http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/Sezione.jsp?idSezione=604

Heloise Battista

For all those fans of Picasso, Miro and Dali, the exhibition is definitely a must. Rent apartments in Florence and be inspired by the innate talent of these masters of classical Spanish art, until July 17, 2011.?

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