![]() ![]() ![]() This figure is also an example of metamorphosis, a device Dali used to merge human, vegetal, and animal forms. There is also a mysterious, fleshy creature draped across the painting’s center, which is an approximation of Dali’s face in profile. There is one draped over a tree, possibly suggesting that time is malleable. In the foreground of the painting there are watches that are inexplicably limp Dali himself described them as “the camembert of time.” The watches-particularly a closed, golden watch-are attracting ants. The only tree in the painting is barren, and in the backdrop of the dreamscape are the cliffs of Catalonia, which was where Dali lived. While it is appears to be daytime, there are neither sun nor clouds in the sky, nor any sign of being for that matter. ![]() The beach stretches towards the ocean, which is also flat and lifeless. The setting of the image is a rather bleak landscape, including a flat, sandy beach cast in shadow. Ultimately, Dali expresses an enigmatic representation of the effects of time in relation to memories. Its dream-like qualities present a more profound reality as revealed by the unconscious mind. The Persistence of Memory, painted in 1931, is one of the most canonical artistic works from the Surrealist movement. Salvador Dali uses elements of Surrealism in The Persistence of Memory to depict a dreamland in which time is the main subject, and the only nod to realism is the portrayal of the cliffs of Catalonia, Dali’s home. © 2013 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York ![]()
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