July is about to become August. For me that's already happened: I turned the page of my calendar this morning, just to see the next Dali painting which would grace my wall for these 31 days.
I always thought my favourite Dali painting was the Metamorphosis of Narcissus (above). We had a giant reproduction of this on our family living room wall throughout my childhood. I used to stand and stare at it, trying to extract some kind of meaning from its layers of symbol and distant murky depths.
Over the course of July however, I have discovered that Gala contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at 20 Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln is the masterpiece which connects most purely with my mind.
This stunning piece presents a maiden staring at a seascape, framed by a random pattern of darkly coloured blocks. If you see it from a distance however, or glance it from the corner of your eye, it forms the impression of the classic Abraham Lincoln portrait. The maiden, the sea and everything within blur into the vague suggestion of his facial features. The image in fact is a pixellated version of Lincoln - Dali placed a much smaller copy within the structure of the painting (near the bottom left corner, part of Lincoln's collar). I'm not sure they even had pixelation in 1976, but Dali seems to have understood the ability to combine two separate methods of perceiving in order to unite two quite distinct images.
I'd never seen this painting before and now I love it. Further proof of the genius of Dali.
I always thought my favourite Dali painting was the Metamorphosis of Narcissus (above). We had a giant reproduction of this on our family living room wall throughout my childhood. I used to stand and stare at it, trying to extract some kind of meaning from its layers of symbol and distant murky depths.
Over the course of July however, I have discovered that Gala contemplating the Mediterranean Sea Which at 20 Meters Becomes the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln is the masterpiece which connects most purely with my mind.
This stunning piece presents a maiden staring at a seascape, framed by a random pattern of darkly coloured blocks. If you see it from a distance however, or glance it from the corner of your eye, it forms the impression of the classic Abraham Lincoln portrait. The maiden, the sea and everything within blur into the vague suggestion of his facial features. The image in fact is a pixellated version of Lincoln - Dali placed a much smaller copy within the structure of the painting (near the bottom left corner, part of Lincoln's collar). I'm not sure they even had pixelation in 1976, but Dali seems to have understood the ability to combine two separate methods of perceiving in order to unite two quite distinct images.
I'd never seen this painting before and now I love it. Further proof of the genius of Dali.
xgoatboyx:
Yes it was Supersonic
scarringthewound:
Your calendar wins. I have a remind4u.com one that was given from my sister to my mum and has my mum's name plastered on every sodding page within the most cheesy of images. I hate how photoshop has taken over the world.