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Salvador Dalí
(1904 - 1989)
*soft self-portrait with fried bacon* from 1941*
This figure is a very successful replica from the museum collection, created by the artists of the Parastone Ateliers
(1904 - 1989)
*soft self-portrait with fried bacon* from 1941*
This figure is a very successful replica from the museum collection, created by the artists of the Parastone Ateliers
Dalí himself described his 'soft self-portrait' as an 'anti-psychological self-portrait' - instead of painting the soul, or rather the interior, exclusively the external, the shell, the glove of my 'I'. This glove of my 'I' is edible and even a bit spicy, like game, which is why ants also appear along with the fried bacon. As the most generous of all painters, I continually offer myself as food, giving our age the most delicious nourishment. The self-portrait was painted during Dalí's eight-year exile in the United States, where he was escaping the war. He was drawn in his own way to the sometimes childlike enthusiasm and drive of American society. He experienced a very productive period there and seemed to reverse himself under the influence of his way of working, 'the paranoid-critical method': he now painted more from the inside out, as he expresses himself in the commentary on his self-portrait.
Dalí sublimated his life in his painting. Relying on great professional skills, accumulated through the execution of various experiments in the field of painting, he took surrealism to unique heights in an inimitable, idiosyncratic way. Basically, he photographed associatively what was happening inside his head: inspired by the new knowledge in psychology at the time, he tried to capture his subconscious in images and to depict his dreams in all their impenetrable symbolism. For this purpose he developed his famous paranoid-critical method. For us, as one-dimensional mortals, only the paintings and other forms of artistic expression remain as fascinating witnesses to an incredibly intense and busy life. Perhaps their appeal lies not only in the fact that they allow us a look into Dalí's subconscious, but also in the fact that they are a mirror of our own souls.
Dalí sublimated his life in his painting. Relying on great professional skills, accumulated through the execution of various experiments in the field of painting, he took surrealism to unique heights in an inimitable, idiosyncratic way. Basically, he photographed associatively what was happening inside his head: inspired by the new knowledge in psychology at the time, he tried to capture his subconscious in images and to depict his dreams in all their impenetrable symbolism. For this purpose he developed his famous paranoid-critical method. For us, as one-dimensional mortals, only the paintings and other forms of artistic expression remain as fascinating witnesses to an incredibly intense and busy life. Perhaps their appeal lies not only in the fact that they allow us a look into Dalí's subconscious, but also in the fact that they are a mirror of our own souls.
Dimensions: H/W/D approx. 10.5x5.5x6cm
Weight: approx. 100 g
Weight: approx. 100 g
Color: Multicolour
Material: Polyresin (handmade and handpainted)
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