Salvador Dalí - The Birth of Animals

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 bas-relief is very similar to Dalí's easel work. Indeed, the exaltation of the subject's plastic qualities and the inflated volumetric rendering in a narrow space correspond to the exaggerated, hyper-realistic plasticity of the paintings. Also typical are the setting, a desolate land stretching as far as the eye can see, and the presence of certain iconic figures. In particular, the bizarre creatures that we also find in a work known as the Temptation of Saint Anthony, return.

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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