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Joe Nuzzolo, Actor: Kill or Be Killed. Joe Nuzzolo is an actor and writer, known for Kill or Be Killed (1993) and The Undetectables.

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Joe Nuzzolo is a Torrance, California, executive with a strong reputation in the art world as president of the Salvador Dali Society®. Focused on authenticity, he has sold thousands of Dali prints over the decades and has assisted law enforcement in identifying numerous forgeries. Joe Nuzzolo is at work on the comprehensive work, Salvador Dali Prints: The Catalogue Raisonné.

A 1998 New York Times article brought focus to the controversies swirling around the authenticity of prints by the Spanish Surrealist master Salvador Dali, who once quipped "Le more confusion is more better." Unfortunately, close associates of Dali took advantage of his failing health and faculties in the early 1980s to publish his prints without authorization or supervision. This opened the floodgates for fakes, with forgers attracted to Dali's sustained marketability and popularity worldwide.

One key point about prints is that they do not have to be "original" to be considered genuine. Dali was not unique among artists in hiring different artisans to create the plates used to reproduce his original images in relief, intaglio, lithographic, and serigraphic prints. Unlike with paintings, this leaves the door open for strict or loose interpretation of the term "original."

Dali prints considered genuine must meet three criteria: the artist intended the original graphic work to be transformed into a print, the process was personally supervised, and the resulting artwork was signed by Dali.

Joe Nuzzolo is an accomplished southern California art dealer who leads the Salvador Dali Society® and specializes in the market for authentic Dali prints and oil canvases. Joe Nuzzolo emphasizes the importance of third-party authentication of Salvador Dali's prints to verify the collectibility and genuine value of the works before they are offered for sale.

Salvador Dali was in the news recently with the announcement of the imminent sale of 60,000 ceramic tiles personally designed by the Surrealist master. Part of a run of 100,000 such tiles produced in Spain in the 1950s, the works are arranged in sets of six and are entitled "La Suite Catalane." This refers to the Catalonian region where Dali grew up and whose natural features, such as the sun, branches, birds, sand, and starfish, appear as repeated motifs in his work. Other motifs of the set are a pair of vividly rendered lips and arrows shooting inward.

The original-run pieces can fetch more than $2,000 for a set of six, depending on their condition. With the sale of the 60,000 remaining ceramic tiles, owner Peter Ackermann, who purchased the pieces directly from Dali in 1976, intends to fund his charitable foundation, Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung, which helps educate underprivileged children.

Torrance, California-based art collector and property manager Joe Nuzzolo has served as an agent for artist Jett Jackson since 1988. In 2003, Joe Nuzzolo founded the Salvador Dali Society® to help acquire, sell, and authenticate works by the artist.

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech, more popularly known as Salvador Dali, is a Spanish painter who grew up in the small agricultural town of Figueres, where he started his journey in visual art. Recognized as a prodigy, he eventually was sent to San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid where he, even as a student, received the distinction of being featured in the 1928 Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh.

Dali is regarded as the leader of the artistic movement known as surrealism. Surrealism broke new ground for visual arts and was inspired by the work of psychologist Sigmund Freud. Surrealist paintings tended to explore dreams and unconsciousness, often blurring the lines separating them from reality. Surrealist paintings also are known for their use of graphic imagery: scatology, violence and physical decay. The movement tried to push the envelope as to what were socially acceptable behaviors. Following surrealism as a form of art also allowed artists to put into visual works their drives for anger, fear, sexuality, dread and ecstasy.

The founder of the Salvador Dali Society®, Joe Nuzzolo has helped share the life and work of the legendary artist by authoring articles, essays, and blogs. On top of that, Joe Nuzzolo also has curated several Salvador Dali exhibits in various museums, including one in his city of residence at the Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, California.

The Torrance Art Museum was planned in the early 1990s in response to the growing need for the arts in the community. Today, it is at the forefront of modern art education and appreciation in the Torrance area. Apart from featuring a wide range of artwork in its gallery spaces, the museum also sponsors educational programs such as Stories in Art.

The Stories in Art program aims to engage children ages 6 to 11 and their parents in a day of storytelling and exhibitions. Under this program, children and their parents first take a tour around the museum, then create their own artwork relating to the previous activities in the museum's Children's Art Wing.

The program is sponsored by the Arts Education Partnership Program Grant. For more information, visit TorranceArtMuseum.com.

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Joe Nuzzolo is a Torrance, California, executive with a strong reputation in the art world as president of the Salvador Dali Society®. Focused on authenticity, he has sold thousands of Dali prints over the decades and has assisted law enforcement in identifying numerous forgeries.