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Surrealism, born in the 1920’s, was parented by the Dada movement that emerged in Paris during War World I. Inspired by visual art and writings, Surrealism was a cultural movement that merged schools of thought on politics, philosophy and social theory. Salvador Dali was a flamboyant surrealist who contributed artistically to the movement.
Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon Surrealism
An ode to Dali’s “soul’s glove”, not the soul or the inner self, this self-portrait portrays his face with ants and fried bacon. It was a work painted during Dali’s eight-year-exile in the United States He left his home in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. During this time Dali claimed that his works were painted from the inside out, and it appeared that he did a reversal on his “paranoid-critical method.” This painting symbolizes the painter giving himself up as nourishment for the soul, providing in his own words the most “delicious delicacies.”
Geopolitical Child Watches Birth of New Human
In this work Dali creates a fiery Earth, a new human is born and is emerging from a plastic egg while a child looks on seeking the protection of its mother; the painting symbolizes the evolution of order, a fresh start and a perfect world.
Dali integrated all elements that depicted the origins of Picasso. In this painting, the bust of Picasso is mounted atop a pedestal, symbolizing consecration. A heavy rock sits on Picasso’s head symbolizing the impact and influence of his art. Picasso’s face is a goat hoof and the headdress of the Greco-Iberian marble bust the Lady of Elche which pays tribute to Picasso’s birthplace.
This painting is of Dali’s wife, Gala nude and sleeping. With slender legs, an elephant walks across the sea’s horizon carrying an obelisk. Near her body, two drops of water and a small pomegranate are supsended in the air. Above a larger pomegranate, a fish emerges that spits out a tiger from which another tiger emerges. In front of the second tiger, a rifle’s bayonet touches the women’s right arm. It is a painting that shows the influence of Sigmund Freud’s theories on dreams and some believe is an interpretation of the Theory of Evolution.
Poetry of America Cosmic Athletes
Asking mankind to think about the perils of war within the modern world, this painting symbolizes the new human with a golden man balancing an egg on his finger. The juxtaposition of the commonplace and fantastic again emphasizes Dali’s paranoid-critical method, a subconscious association of those things that are not related in the real world.
Burning Giraffe Woman with Drawers
This painting signifies Dali’s internal struggles with his country during his exile from Spain amidst the Spanish Civil War. Open drawers line the leg of a gaunt blue woman with outstretched arms, believed to represent the “open drawers” of man’s subconscious.
A work from the latter period of his life, Dali made claims that he had converted to mysticism. The Atomic era invaded his thinking and is manifested in this painting. The naked Antonius wards off a charging horse with elongated legs that defy the law of gravity. Saint Anthony attempts to steel himself against earthy temptations. Symbolizing lust and greed, floang elephants approach on outsized, thin legs.
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