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Artwork that caught my eye

Metamorphosis of Narcissus

1937, Salvador Dalí

I’m familiar with this painting, and yes Dali is one of my favourite surrealists. I’m posting this here because it’s related to the work, I’m currently working on for the advanced unit with George, creating previs, where I’m inspired by the same mythological story of the Narcississ.

Dali about his painting: “A painting shown and explained to Dr Freud. Pedagogical presentation of the myth of narcissism, illustrated by a poem written at the same time. In this poem and this painting, there is death and fossilization of Narcissus.”

The Sculptor

1953, William Gear

The painting, which in its earthy colours and angular structure displays an allegiance to the aesthetic of ‘paysagisme abstrait’, combines considerable formal complexity with a new degree of sharpness. The spiky shapes are reminiscent of the so-called ‘geometry of fear‘ sculptures which had represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1952. 

The Painter’s Family

1926, Giorgio de Chirico

Painted in Paris in 1926. ‘The Painter’s Family’ dates from de Chirico’s period of association with the Surrealists when he tended to revive the subjects of his earlier Metaphysical period – in this case the mannequin figures – but in a heavier, more antique manner. The mannequin theme is said to have been inspired by a play Les Chants de la Mi-Mort written by de Chirico’s brother Andrea (Alberto Savinio) and published in Apollinaire’s magazine Les Soirées de Paris for July-August 1914. The drama’s protagonist is a ‘man without voice, without eyes or face’.