New book explores relationship between Gainsbourg and Dalí
ACN journalist Pere Francesch reveals the artistic and personal links between two great artists in 'Gainsbourg i Dalí, moi non plus'
No one has really explored the relationship between French singer Serge Gainsbourg and Catalan artist Salvador Dalí in any great depth, until now that is.
'Gainsbourg i Dalí, moi non plus' (published by Edicions Cal·lígraf) is a new book by Catalan News Agency (ACN) journalist, Pere Francesch.
Written as a journalistic account, in the book Francesch explores the links between the artists, compares their personalities, and looks at the influence they had on each other.
Using accounts by different witnesses, Francesch's book invites the reader to "identify" with the story of the men, brought together from an extensive range of documents.
The title of the book is from something Dalí said in 1951: "Picasso is Spanish, me too. Picasso is a genius, me too. Picasso must be 72, and I'm 48. Picasso is known all over the world, me too. Picasso is a communist, me neither," which in French is 'moi non plus.' Then 17 years later, Gainsbourg performed his best-known song, 'Je t'aime moi non plus.'