Dalí - The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dalí - The Persistence of Memory
Dali painted this surrealist vision in 1931. It has captured the attention of the world and is perhaps his best known work.
But why melting clocks? And how does surrealism help us to ponder things out of the reach of "normal" images?
Attributions
Painting: Salvador Dalí - The Persistence of Memory (1931)
Painting: René Magritte - Philosopher's Lamp (1936)
Boy as Batman: TK Hammonds - unsplash.com/@tkristin
Catalonia Coast: Error 420 - unsplash.com/@error420
Clock Face Timelapse 2 - Stock footage provided by Videvo Team, downloaded from www.videvo.net.
Sunset Reflecting Off Sea at Dusk - Stock footage provided by Videvo Team, downloaded from www.videvo.net.
All other images are either public domain or fair use.
Music: Passing Time - Kevin MacLeod - RUclips License.
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[@wiffyjustus]

Thank you, Geoff. Really enjoying these presentations.

[@GeoffBeggs]

Thanks!

[@iainholmes2735]

Enjoyed the vid. It's such a great picture. Still looks as strange and dreamlike as ever. Cheers

[@artmeetsgeoff]

Thanks. Dreamlike is the word.

[@RashmiSingh-ir2ck]

Brilliantly done! Please do Rene Magritte...

[@artmeetsgeoff]

Thanks. I will.

[@sharminasha9433]

Great explanation.

[@artmeetsgeoff]

Thanks!

[@westminster860]

I remember visiting the Dali Museum in Paris and by the time I left I was quite ill with an upset stomach because of intensely looking at his pieces. I think from a sense of equilibrium being lost. I wonder if others experienced that?

[@artmeetsgeoff]

Various of his paintings are disconcerting. You try to piece it together, and find you can’t.

[@westminster860]

It's the distortion of physical reality too. And so many together.