24 Ocak 2013 Perşembe

Journal Set 2: Salvador Dali


     Even though every artist is precious, I think Salvador Dali has a different place in the world of art. The first reason why I think Dali is different from other artists is that he does not only focus on painting. He is also interested in sculpture, photography and film-making. He has got tens of sculpture. He also produced theatre decors, costumes and book illustrations and he made a cartoon named “Destino” which takes an Oscar price. Salvador’s paintings are really valuable and they have seen value since they were produced. That’s why Dali’s paintings are sold even when he is alive unlike many other artists. As you can see, Salvador Dali is really successful in visual arts. Another interesting point about Salvador Dali is that he is also interested in science. He was even in the front of his time. When the atom bomb was produced, he had already started to search molecules and DNA. From this fact, we can understand that Dali was a real genius. Salvador Dali’s life story is also interesting. Nine months before he was born, his brother had died and his family gave him his brother’s name. As his family was really upset about their child’s death and always think about him, Dali experienced identity confusion. I think this is a situation which affects Dali’s crazy but genius character. However, certainly the most important and attractive thing about Dali is his paintings. If you look at his paintings, you can see that there are some hidden figures and these figures are almost unnoticeable at first glance. This makes them wonderful because nobody can explain what he thinks while creating an art or how he transfers them to the toile. In conclusion, Salvador Dali is a man who can impress anyone and this makes him different from others.


      In the video above, you can see Destino which is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney and Salvador Dali. This cartoon shows us every characteristic of Salvador Dali’s paintings. Firstly, you can see there are figures that seem meaningless but every symbol has a meaning in his mind. He turns arouses interest in this way. You can realize some figures only after you watch it carefully for a few times. He does not focus on one thing, he shows us different things happening in the meantime by passing through one time to another. He mixes everything but he also succeeds in protecting the content and meaning. Secondly, he visualizes his sculpture in this cartoon. There are really interesting sculptures and structures in the cartoon. They are usually shapeless. He also prefers shapeless objects and figures in his paintings as he is a surrealist artist. I think this is a good way to hide some objects which seem irrelevant but everything is connected to each other in his paintings. Lastly, as you can see in the cartoon new things are born from the existing things. However, Dali uses these objects in such a way; it is hard to predict what will happen. Therefore, it is hard to understand the message lying under his art. Actually, I think there is more than one message under them. However, if all of them can be realized is an unanswerable question. To conclude, this is a video to summarize Salvador Dali’s art. Hope you enjoy it.

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