My friend Sowmyatta and I had a lovely chance encounter with this great artist
Quimet Sabaté in Barcelona. We saw a poster titled 'FREE Dali Exhibition
' and obviously concluded that it is an exhibition of Salvador Dali's work, something that I was trying to see during my entire trip to Paris. There is infact a Dali Museum in Paris but it charges some 10 Euros for entry and considering the tight budget that I was on, I decided to give it a miss.
Anyhow, when we went up the spiral staircase, we were surprised to
find that the exhibition was actually a homage to Dali by his friend and
artist Quimet Sabate. We met the Mr Sabate and his twin brother, two
pleasantly charming old men. Sabate sat by this little balcony and just
got up to show us a collage where he was with Dali. He also asked us (in
Spanish) how old were we since most of us work is nudist. We convinced
him we were old enough to look at nude pictures. He showed us the
picture of his other muse, Laura, with whom he had a relationship with
for years. It was a really fun experience to go through his entire art
space and discover interesting pieces. And he was kind enough to pose
with us for a picture which now serves as a pleasant memory.
