Surrealist work have fascinated me ever since first being uncovered to them in my Ninth-grade artwork class, particularly the works of Spanish artist
Salvador Dalí. Whimsical works like
The Persistence of Memory and
Swans Reflecting Elephants tickled my fancy, whereas non secular items like
The Sacrament of the Last Supper and
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) impressed me with their mysticism.
Within the three years I lived and labored in Spain, I went on a number of pilgrimages to take a look at the works of a few of my favourite Spanish painters, wish to
Toledo for El Greco and
Barcelona for Joan Miró. The mid-sized city of Figueres, simply south of the French border in northeast Spain, was the vacation spot for my third painter-pilgrimage, because it was Dalí’s hometown, last resting place, and placement for his private
Theater-Museum, a museum that makes you're feeling such as you’ve stepped into the body of one in every of his personal weird work.
This surrealist expertise didn’t let me see any of his most well-known works, but it surely was however
an in-your-face glimpse into his wild creativeness. Even inside the primary lobby, the craziness was already cranked as much as 11: there was a Cadillac sedan configured in order that it was raining inside, as a result of, in spite of everything, why can’t it rain each outdoors a automotive
and inside? Your entire period of my go to was stuffed with such oddities, and I discovered myself each laughing out loud and blinking in astonishment at what Dalí had give you.
After such an otherworldly expertise on the Dalí Theater-Museum,
it was time to return again all the way down to Earth. I chilled out at a close-by vermouth bar named, so creatively, El Vermut, having fun with a pleasant little glass of home vermouth with a really Catalan tapa of
boquerones (vinegar-cured anchovies) and
pa amb tomàquet (bubbly bread with grated tomato).
Figueres was seething with daytrippers from Barcelona after I was there, however aside from the Dalí draw, there actually isn’t a lot to see on this nondescript city named for the Catalan phrase for “fig bushes.” Sure, there’s a so-so Gothic church the place Dalí was born, in addition to a sprawling fortress on the prime of a hill, however until you’re gaga for Dalí like I used to be, spend your time in additional attention-grabbing locations like
Girona to the south.
What was your favourite picture from this publish? Does Dalí’s craziness drive you loopy? Share what you suppose beneath within the feedback!For extra photos, take a look at
my album on Flickr.
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