3. Birth and demise
• Birth: 1904 in Figueras, Spain
• 20th century
• Death: 1989 in Figueras
4. Type of work
• Surrealist painter
• Sculptor
• Graphic artist
• Designer
5. Rise to fame
• Surrealist work:
- Reflection of unreal dreams and paranoiac state of mind
- Subconscious mind depicted through
bizarre/hallucinatory images
• Paintings: dream world – distorted, metamorphosed and
juxtaposed objects
• Best-known surrealist artist
• Exhibitionism and eccentricity
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7. Contribution
• Films:
- An Andalusian Dog – 1928
- The Golden Age – 1930
• Renaissance: paintings [Raphael]; religion, childhood
and Gala – expulsion from Surrealism
• Theatrics, shop interiors, jewelry and exhibitions
• Books:
- The Secret Life of Salvador Dali
- Diary of a Genius
- Oui: The Paranoid Critical Revolution
11. Persistence of Memory
• Melting watches in serene landscape
• Einstein’s theory: time is relative and eternal, not fixed
• Ocean: vastness
• Ant-covered clock: death/misuse of time
• Idea: melting Camembert cheese on a hot day
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13. Disintegration in the Persistence
of Memory
• Reflection of new science
• Quantum & mechanics in physics
• Splitting of matter into atoms
• Olive tree breaking apart
• Fish – symbolic of life
• Idea: atomic bomb explosions of 1945