Salvador Dalí - Sower of Discord
Salvador Dalí - Sower of Discord
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Characteristics
Characteristics
Certificato: Yes
Formato: Small (under 40cm)
Orientamento: Vertical
Supporto: Other
Soggetto: Fantastic/dreamlike
Stile: Figurative
Description of the work
Description of the work
Surrealist aesthetics emerged around the 1920s and encompassed all fields of artistic research. Specifically, in the visual arts, Surrealism sought to explore the human subconscious and translate it into artwork through a mechanical writing process based on dream analysis. Consequently, Surrealist artworks propose the representation of a dreamlike dimension, completely dissociated from reality. However, this representation often relies on a hyperrealistic formal rendering, precisely to paradoxically accentuate the illusory and ambiguous nature of the surreal dimension.
The work is a perfect example of Salvador Dalí's themes and artistic language. This begins with the space created by the artist, constructed on the ostentatious and illusory perspective of what could be a desolate land or a stage. In the foreground stands a figure that could be considered a true trademark of the Catalan artist, with its exaggerated plasticity, the soft consistency of its body, and the excessive and impossible deformations (the leg extending almost to the horizon is an absurd perspective).
Salvador Dalí (Figueres 1904-1989). A major representative of historical Surrealism, he was a photographer, writer, and filmmaker (his collaboration with Luis Buñuel is famous) as well as a painter. His works are based on the principles of psychoanalytic associationism, following the teachings of André Breton. His style is characterized by a turgid, harsh hyperrealism, in which his subjects display an obsessive attention to detail. His compositions are a mix of free associations, biomorphic organisms, and cultural references.
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