My recent Paris excursion also took me to Montmatre and to the
Salvador Dalí exhibition, which is currently home to more than 300 pieces of
his work including paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Clocks and the fluid nature of time were certainly the main
focus of the collection and it was fantastic seeing his interpretations of time
and the great crafted clocks up close. The image of the melting clock appears
in so many forms: stretched over tree branches, dripping from canvas, saddled
on a horse. Such a powerful image and idea he explored.
The sculptures really impressed me the most. Such intricate
details and beautiful materials have been used to create each one. They were
even selling replicas in the shop and it was a struggle not to buy. I think the
show stealer has to be the crystal bearing elephant sculpture which towered
over my head on delicate legs, though it was a close second with George slaying
the Dragon.
Recently I was captivated online by Dalí’s Alice in
Wonderland pictures and I was delightfully surprised to discover them housed at
this exhibition. The colours were so much more vivid than they look in pictures
and I think this may be becoming my most favourite Dalí collection of them all.
Elloise Hopkins.
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