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Monday
May302016

Dali: Off the Beaten Path…

DateMonday, May 30, 2016 at 8:08AM

Salvador Dali - Soft Self Portrait with Fried Bacon - 1941 - Oil on canvas - 61 x 51 cm ( 24 x 20 in) - Teatre-Museu Dali - Barcelona (click photo for larger image)“The normally proud and seemingly self-assured Salvador Dali (1904-1989) has taken a bit of an off-ramp here – portraying himself in a melting mask of sorts, recalling his iconic melting watches. Numerous crutches – a favorite element in Dali’s arsenal of surrealist props – help support his flaccid face. The grilled bacon strip might represent Dali’s love of gastronomy, and its shriveled form echoes the “cooked,” melted morphology of his visage – but also adds a secondary ingredient of humor to this unusual and amusing feast for our eyes!” Of course, that divine handlebar mustache is still present.

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