Dali in Haifa

Sculptures

Nobility of Time large scaled and the miniature version

The melting clockTime is running short, aging never

stops.

Dali's melted and crowned watch is both draped against and supported by the remains of a tree - the trunk sprouts new life and its roots entwine a stone.

The Space Venus large scaled and the miniature version

The egg, with hard exterior and soft interior , represents both hope

and life..

The split torso represents the fragility of beauty and

the future.

The watch is draped over the neck, signifying that beauty of the flesh is

temporary and will vanish, as opposed to the beauty of art, which is timeless .and

eternal

The ants are reminders of human mortality and impermanence.

Alice in Wonderland large scaled and the miniature version

Alice's hands and hair have blossomed into roses, and her

jump rope has become a twisted cord. She encounters the

confusion of the surreal looking-glass world with the naiveté and

unanswerable logic of the eternal child.

Unicorn

The unicorn is a mythical creature ,symbol of purity. This animal also has connotations of

chastity and virginity, both male and female .

Dali chose to portray the unicorn as a phallic figure whose horn penetrates a stone wall through a heart-shaped opening, from which a drop of blood is slowly falling .

The nude, reposing female underlines the sensual nature of this sculpture.

The large scaled and the miniature version

Triumphant Elephant

The

mosquito-like legs, emphasize the contrast between robustness

and fragility .The jeweled saddle symbolizes

wealth ,and the dawn of a new era is announced by a flying angel,

trumpeting success and prosperity .

Space Elephant

Adam & Eve

The Garden of Eden: Adam, Eve, and the serpent.

Eve offers Adam the forbidden fruit - astonished, Adam raises his hand in indecision.

Aware of the heartache that lies ahead, the serpent coils himself in the shape of a heart, reminding Adam and Eve that love creates a whole which is greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Dali honors Newton for his discovery of the law of gravity, symbolized by the falling apple, represented here by a sphere of

metal attached to a line .

Homage to Newton

This sculpture echoes Dali's famous 1931 painting "The Persistence of Memory", in

which the artist's famous soft and distorted watch appeared

for the first time.

Profile of Time

As the watch melts over the tree, it transforms into a human profile, underlining the interminable relationship between human beings and time.

"St George and the Dragon" is commonly seen as the

saint's battle against heresy and evil, St George being the guardian angel of Aragon and a celebrated saint of chivalry throughout medieval Europe.

Saint George and the Dragon

Dali once explained this figure as a Freudian outgrowth of the natural curiosity of children to investigate enclosed spaces, both in order to satisfy the desire to know what these spaces contain, and to exorcise

the fear that what is unknown may be harmful.

Dali portrays many of the drawers to be slightly ajar, indicating that their secrets are

known and no longer to be feared. Two crutches rise from the figure, symbolizing a

blend of authority, stability and sexual power.

Woman Aflame

Snail and the Angel

Dali was fascinated by the natural geometry of snail shells, and like the egg, the duality of its soft interior with its hard exterior. Paradoxically then, the snail, the

universal symbol of the idle passing of time, has been given wings and is riding

moving waves.

Man with Butterflies

This image of this elegant sculpture was originally designed as part of the Dalí's famous Tarot series, which was created

specifically for his wife and muse, Gala.

The figure of " Homme au Papillon " leaves the banality of the everyday world for that of the butterfly, which, being lighter, will give

the man wings and help him soar to a different physical plane - one where he can

shed daily worries and habitual restraint.

Triumphant AngelAngels are an expression of Dalí's world

of dreams and fantasy.In this beautiful sculpture, the angel

trumpets his divine music, wings spread, head thrown back, sending his jubilant

message to all who will listen.

Homage to Terpsichore

The muse of music, Terpsichore.

Dali created a soft, carnal muse against a hardened, statuesque one.

The smooth and classical dancer is representative of inner harmony, while the cubist figure from which we see branches

sprouting, represents the ever-growing and chaotic rhythm of modern life.

Lady Godiva — was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend , rode

naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a

remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his

tenants. Dali pays homage to her sensuous

and shapely female form. Announcing her arrival, butterflies not only hover around her and her

noble steed, but also adorn her body as she plays her trumpet.

Lady Godiva with Butterflies

The horse, one of the most famous Dalinian images, is portrayed as the representation of life weighed down

and harnessed by time .

Horse Saddled with Time

Music : Vivaldi , Concerto ripieno for strings in A

minor ,Tafelmusik Baroque1

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