Precedents

Salvador Dali

Painted bizarre surrealistic work and dream like landscapes.

I feel really inspired by Dali's work in both the surreal style his art is depicted in and the ideas and meanings behind his work.

The Persistence of a Memory - Is Dali's most famous and well recognized artwork from the 1930's. I love the ideas behind this, the melting clocks which make us question the "collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order." I think this idea fits behind a lot of his other work as well and should be a theme I explore and make a few sketched to. The ants in most of his paintings symbolize death.

I'm fascinated by the rebirth idea in this piece. This will be another idea I make a few draft sketched to.

The idea of a man carrying the ocean on his shoulders is really interesting. This could be an idea worth exploring in my project.

The main themes in Dali's work that I find interesting is our notions of a fixed cosmic disorder, mans rebirth through an egg and a man carrying the ocean on his shoulders. I also like the surrealistic way in which he depicts his thoughts.

Drawing inspiration from Dali's colours and subject matter and carrying this through to my textures - the main colours and patterns that stand out to me are yellows, desert, sand, dirt, wood, skin and water. Possibly some old, grunge like textures that fit with this aged look.

Now I will begin to start sketching ideas and forms. I think starting with a simple form and turning it into something more complex may be a good place to start from. I've also been thinking about taking a form as hard and rigid as a clock and softening it the way Dali has done in 'The Persistence of a Memory.'