Otranto - Aragonese Castle of Otranto - From 28th may to 25 september 2011
Open 7 days a week with the following hours:: May 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. / 3-7 p.m; June and September 10 a.m. -1 p.m. / 3-10 p.m.; July and August 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Entrance ticket: whole 6,00 euro; reduced 4,00 euro (6-14 years old, well over 65, schools, disabled and relative helpers, groups of over 20 people, active concessions).
Individual guided tours of the castle and exhibition: at scheduled times (in italian):
- every day in July and August at 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.; 2,00 euro + entrance ticket
Group guided tours on prior booking (in Italian, English, or French)
- exhibition only: groups 80,00 euro + entrance ticket; schools 60,00 euro + entrance ticket
- exhibition + Castle: groups 100,00 euro + entrance ticket; schools 80,00 euro + entrance ticket

Info and booking: Tel. 199.151.123 - infoline@sistemamuseo.it - www.daliotranto.it


From 28th May to 25th September (entrance 6/4 euro) Aragonese Castle of Otranto (Lecce) will play host to the exhibition "Dalì The genius", curated by Alice Devecchi. This event opens the third season of great exhibitions of the Castle of Otranto, a cultural center run by Sistema Museo Co-operative Society of Perugia and Communication Agency Orione of Maglie, under the artistic direction of architect Raffaela Zizzari. After the success of the last two years with the exhibitions of Joan Mirò and Pablo Picasso, which recorded 90 thousand visitors, the Castle opens its doors once more for one of the most important contemporary artists of the 20th century. An artist who became a point of reference for art and culture and a national and international level.

The exhibition displays six original bronze sculptures, including "Cosmic Elephant" (large - h 120 x 90 x 350 cm), and a selection of fifty-four original lithographs, ranging in the world of surreal to illustrate themes and literary texts and that once again testify to the great Spanish master's graphic capability. From the gothic climate decanted into surrealism black and white of "The Castle of Otranto", to the pale colors of "Japanese Fairy Tales", from the void of color paper left bare in "Tristan and Isolde", to the black and gold glitter of the "Amours Jaunes", Dali falls with its diverse range of expression in the real Aragonese Castle of Otranto.

List of works

- 1 large sculpture:
- Cosmic Elephant, bronze h 120 x 90 x 350 cm
- 5 medium sculptures:
- Perseus, bronze h 73 x 36,5 x 29,5 cm
- Hombre sobre delfin, bronze h 42,5 x 47,5 x 15 cm
- Trajano a caballo, bronze h 65,5 x 52,5 x 42,5 cm
- Mujer desnuda, bronze h 55 x 32,5 x 37,5 cm
- Mujer con faldas, bronzo h 69,5 x 38 x 15 cm
- 13 etchings from "The castle of Otranto"
- 21 drypoint etchings from "Tristan e Isolde"
- 10 etchings and gold finish of "Les amours jaunes"
- 10 colored drypoint etching stencils from "Japanese Fairy Tales"

OLTREDALì - EVENTS

On the occasion of the exhibition "Dalì the genius", the Aragonese Castle of Otranto is also animated by OltreDalì, collateral review by Raffaela Zizzari, which transforms the castle into a must see for anyone visiting Otranto, changing it in a big machine dedicated to art and cultural expressions of its new: from Mustache ceramic of Monica Righi to the soft cloth to Pasquale Pitardi, from the out the scale of Marino Ficola to the chiars of Amato Luigi Orione, from the miniature illustrations by Massimo Pasca to the macro pebbles of Studio Paladini, from sitting by the mouth of Gufram to the sitting of Pasquale Pitardi and a special gift to Fabio Novembre.