The Arts Society Nerja
(Formerly Nerja NADFAS)
Tuesday, November 14
Family Historians, A Timeline of Art History and also a history
of the Leicestershire village in which she lived for 12 years. She
is currently completing an edition of medieval building
accounts to be published by the Oxford Historical Society.
Persistent Memory - The Art Of Salvador Dalí
The Cultural Centre (Centro Cultural, Calle Granada, Nerja)
6pm. Doors open at 5pm and tickets are only available on the
night. Visitors are most welcome €10 and other The Arts
Society Members visiting
Nerja €5.
A fully illustrated Lecture in
English by Angela Smith
Sponsored by La Caixa Bank.
“This lecture is essentially an
overview of the life and work
of Salvador Dalí. I begin by
considering the painter’s
early life and influences and
the variety of styles he tried
before developing and
settling on his own
idiosyncratic style. Dalí came
late to Surrealism and was
ousted by its controlling
leader Andre Breton before
too many years had passed.
Nevertheless Dalí is often
regarded as the archetypal
Surrealist. I discuss this
notion but also explain Dalí’s
personal response to
Surrealism, in particular the
approach he called his
‘paranoiac critical activity’,
one which spawned works
such as The Persistence of
Memory and Metamorphosis
of Narcissus.”
Tuesday November 28
From The Depths Of The Past: Rock Art From
Sulawesi To Spain & Nerja
The Cultural Centre (Centro Cultural, Calle Granada, Nerja)
6pm. Doors open at 5pm and tickets are only available on the
night. Visitors are most welcome €10 and other The Arts
Society Members visiting Nerja €5.
A fully illustrated Lecture in English by Helen Sijsling
Sponsored by Currencies Direct.
Málaga’s caverns contain
thousands of painted and
engraved images from the
Palaeolithic, in fact this province
boasts the largest concentration of
art from that period in the
Mediterranean and one of the
largest on the European
continent. The caves with
paleolithic paintings in Málaga are
for instance La Pileta, Ardales,
Nerja and La Victoria. Where are
all these caves? What did they
paint and why? Where did these
people come from? How do they
compare to other caves in Europe
and outside of Europe like South
Africa, India, Indonesia, Siberia,
Australia and elsewhere? How
come there is similarity in the
drawings all over the world? And
these drawings, how old are they?
Were they done by the Neanderthals 40.000 BP or is that just a
hoax? We will be looking in depth at the most beautiful hidden
images from the depths of the Past and the earth, animals,
humans, symbols, realistic and abstract communication from a
far away world, from our ancestors.
Salvador Dalí
The Persistence of Memory and
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
About Angela Smith
She gained a first in Art History at Leicester University in the
early 1980s and then studied for a PhD at the Warburg Institute
in London under the
supervision of the late J.B.
Trapp. Her subject was the
life and building activity of
Richard Fox, an Early-Tudor
bishop of Winchester and
founder of Corpus Christi
College, Oxford.
About Helen Sijsling
Born in Australia, lived in The Netherlands, studied English
language and Literature at the University of Leyden and read
English literature and philosophy at Oxford University. Was a
teacher of English for more than 18 years. Studied History of
Art at the University of Leyden and Educational Management
at the University of Amsterdam. Was a management consultant
for education for 15 years, advising directors of secondary
schools on educational improvement and training teachers in
modern ways of teaching. Has given lectures to the history
group and Probus on Spanish historical subjects and The Arts
Society Nerja (formerly Nerja NADFAS) on art historical
subjects. Has been lecturing in Holland since 1995 on among
other subjects brain research related to learning.
She has published articles
and reviews in scholarly
journals on a diverse range of
subjects including Thomas
More, early Tudor stained
Dalí’s father
glass and Netley Abbey.
Recently, with a friend she
has formed her own publishing company, The Book Forge,
and have successfully launched three books: A Timeline for
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