Salvador Dali - the art you've been waiting for.
February 3rd 2007 10:33
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Because so many have expressed an interest in it, I am giving you this small showing.
Dali's Melting clocks
Caricature
Port of Cadaques
Cannibalism
I hope this gives you some idea of the diversity of his Art.
Salvador Dali was born in 1904 in Spain and had an unusual history having been told by his parents when he was just five that he was the reincarnation of his dead brother which he came to believe. His father was a lawyer and strict disciplinarian, his mother encouraged his artistic endeavours.
He became known as an eccentric for his long hair, sideburns and unusual attire. His early works concentrated on Cubism then embraced Surrealism but he also became sculptor and film maker to list just a few of his interests.
He met Pablo Picasso whose surrealist works he revered.
He was contemporary enough to be fascinated by DNA and the hypercube.
He was known for his experimental treatment of various art forms.
His versatility was well recognised.
A small expose does not cover the extent of Dali's work and his unusual life.
He died of heart failure in 1989 at the age of 84, and he is buried in the crypt of his Teatro Museo in Figueres.
Wikipedia has an extensive coverage for anyone who is sufficiently interested.
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Comment by Tel
I actually planned to feature Dali sometime in my Shapers and Movers but glad that you've started the ball rolling for me. ;>
Enjoy your weekend.
Tel
Comment by katyzzz
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I'll be looking forward to what you have to say about Dali. There's a lot to work with.
katyzzz
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I'll be looking forward to what you have to say about Dali on your post.
There's a lot to work with.
katyzzz
Comment by Tracy
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Dali is one of my favouite artists, I love what he does and the meanings behind his work. Your signature tune is quite soothing with the different shades of blue, I really like it.
Tracy
Comment by Ash
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Comment by katyzzz
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I really love your comments, this post actually took a surprisingly long time to do. And it's great to have some feedback on what I do.
Ash,
That little bit of extra info was great, I'm glad I put the melting clocks on.
How's the park, you can really expand your mind's eye there, crawl up and down and over and under, change your angle, your distance, your perspective. It's a photographer's paradise.
katyzzz
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Btw, I like your MS Paint Art. It's lovely.
And thanks for being a part of my Movers and Shapers. I appreciate your comments and thoughts.
Best wishes,
Tel
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Comment by Ash
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I did not make it to the park but went for a wander through the botanical gardens which was amazingly peaceful. Got some great pics if i find the time to put them online will post a link. Did some crawling and climbing...nearly stood on a poor lizard - don`t know who was more afraid me or it
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Glad you like him so much, apparently so do a lot of others.
Ash,
Botanical Gardens - a big park - even better- hope you snapped the lizard.
Sounds like you had fun, I do and did in our Botanical gardens.
Tel, your comments are really appreciated.
Thank you all,
katyzzz
Comment by Tracy
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It's possible to recognize a human figure in the middle of the composition, in the strange "monster" that the same Dalì called the "paranoic-critic camembert": it's a head (probably a self-portrait of the artist). In general the tree means life, but, in this case, has the same function of the rest of the elements in the picture: to impress anxiety and, in a certain way, terror.
I love learning different layers to a piece of art....
Comment by Ash
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my lizard friend.....
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Comment by Ash
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yeah i nearly stood on the little guy i was so involved in looking at something else i didnt even see him he was so well blended with the log - nearly wet myself when I saw him!
Comment by Tel
I wonder if your lizard friend is as large as the one I saw two weeks ago at West Head in the Northern Beaches. ;>
Tel
Comment by Ash
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maybe - this guy is further up north though - maybe he has just popped up for a little visit
ash
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Invite lizard [looks like log, hidden in the foliage] and everyone else here on this post to morning/afternoon tea.
Don't worry in cyberspace and time everything will fall into place.
That was quite a big lizard, the hazards of photography, don't go in the water, will you?
katyzzz......I bet you forgot your troubles there for a minute or two, trying not to wet yourself.
Just imagine a little kid saying to its mother, Mum, there was this big lady and she wet her pants, how come we get into trouble if we do it?
k
Comment by Ash
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yeah he was a pretty big guy and as I was leaning in closer i could just imagine the great shot i would get if he lurched forward - of course I would have dropped the camera and run so would never have seen it, but......
ah I wish that butterflies were not such busy creatures - have you ever tried to photograph them? My word! I gave up after a few minutes yesterday.
will invite all I can - am loving the chai green tea thanks katyzzz...hhmmm very nice. Liz asked for a bug or two....
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I'm another Ali fan... oops I mean Dali, sorry...
I don't wear a watch, it weakens the spirit .. anyway by my age if I don't know when it's lunchtime, or when it's three pm, then I'm really doing something wrong, don't you think?
Or I need to reconnect with the planet in some way?
That Cannibalism of his, always reminds me of a cancer cell on a microscopic level...
great post,
thanks for the Dali's
Lilla
Comment by Tracy
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Can anyone see the 'strange monster' that was mentioned in the quote I found....is this bit?
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Comment by Ash
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When you look at it from further away thought it does have that 'monster' look to it, sort of like a baby albino whale.
I wonder if, when some of these artists were painting, they actually meant the imagery to mean what critics think - the same with writers - when you analyze the words of another writer do you get too deeply involved in trying to find its metaphorical meaning? Jack went up the hill could have so many different connotations but maybe the author just meant - Jack literally just went up the hill....that`s it! Guess it would not be as meaningful sometimes hey! Art for arts sake and all.
ash
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Cannibilism was new to me. So is the idea there that the creature is eating itself?
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Well here we go again at last having lost that last long reply. Curses. Sorry it has been so long.
As regards butterflies, they are notoriously difficult to capture in flight, unless one is perhaps a contortionist as well as 'faster than a speeding bullet'.
I mentioned this somewhere else sometime.
I eventually settled for a still one on some overgrown grass, good enough to have published along with some other work I was commissioned to do. It was a lot of hard work but I loved it. Photography really opens up the mind as one searches for the best angles, most notable works etc, but generally to sell it, it just has to be a good photograph, not one's best artistic talent.
Liz, this posed something of a dilemma, there are not too many bugs around here, the ants are too small, cockroaches too few but we could cut them into tiny pieces and share.
I do have a couple of petrified bees and a fly or two, deceased on my window sill. Should I do the dusting or keep them until next time. They seem quite dry, if you're into that sort of thing.
katyzzz
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Speaking of watches my son stopped wearing his when he was about ten, he's a Scorpio and especially gifted, although I think he's gone off in the wrong direction, but took off when he was 16 and did his own thing, now in Paris. I think he did things the hard way, another characteristic of his.
Ah, the lost love of a Mother, how easily they caste it aside. I grieve and regret, but that takes me nowhere.
Lovely to see you, Ash and I have been talking butterflies, I see you stayed still for your shot.
Could we say you posed?
Thanks as always for your visit.
katyzzz
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I should do you two together as you seem to have engaged in a dialogue, so here's my monologue.
As regards the strange creature, I simply saw it as a horse with its saddle, trying to get up off its side, constrained by time, with nostrils flared and muscles stretched.
I think it's true we often, as they do in literature, read meaning into the artist's work. Need to keep the intelligentsia employed as you are about to do with your new courses Ash.
Somehow, I often question their intelligence. They are simply just employed.
katyzzz
Comment by Tracy
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Yes, I don't think that is a Dali image either. I did a project on him once and I don't remember that one...I'd say it's a caricature of Dali by someone....it's very good and in keeping with his style.
Comment by Tel
Love your mention of butterfly Katy. I love butterflies.
Stayed up late posting my feature of Charles Dickens, and kept thinking of my favourite musical Oliver! adapted from Dickens' Oliver Twist.
Enjoy your weekend.
Tel
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I haven't witnessed any comment about caricature not being Dali's own work and no comments, other than yours have supported that idea.
Given that you are obviously widely read, there may be an element of truth there [what is truth?]
With respect to cannibalism, I can see them eating each other, as I don't think devouring oneself would qualify for cannibalism, it's certainly weird and exhibits a knowledge of anatomy and it's function, although once the connection with the brain is gone, nothing else can be performed.
It is bizarre, one has to wonder where the thought waves spring from, I certainly would never have thought this way of my own volition.
katyzzz....sorry this reply has taken so long.
Comment by Adrian
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Re the caricature, that website link tells me it's by a guy called Ulisses Jose de Araujo. But I wouldn't be surprised if Dali had done a similar self-portrait.
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Nearly missed your comment there, I just love Charles Dickens and Oliver, so I'll shoot over and see you.
katyzzz
Comment by Ash
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Yes they are tricky little things to capture in film aren`t they?
This has been my meditation since I can remember...you can get so lost looking through the lens of a camera and it allows you to look at the world in a completely different way, even when you don`t have the camera in your hand.
Liz has offered to scout around for some spiders if you do not require their assistance in your house keeping any more otherwise some of those fly bits will be fine for the time being
ash
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