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This is the last one!! A postcard I got as a souvenir for myself from the Salvador Dalí exhibition.
The title of this painting is “The Monumental Tribute to a Child and a Woman.”
“The paranoid-critical activity I discovered myself often helped analyze several physical, psychological, and philosophical issues in surrealist imagery.”
These are Dalí’s own words.
I didn’t know what paranoia meant, so I looked it up. Apparently, it’s something like a delusion.
Here’s my own interpretation of it, in simplified terms:
“Well, you see, I painted a paranoid and critical image of a child and a woman. But as I kept painting whatever came to mind, I ended up copying other people’s paintings too. Then I thought, why not throw in some kind of rock that seems to be thinking, and, just for fun, I added a scary image like a lion in the sky. There’s no waves in the lake, right? Isn’t that weird? Then there’s this skeletal toy kneeling, but it’s like saying, ‘You can’t even enter the gate.’ Sure, it might seem ordinary from the inside, but from the outside, it’s a massive, weird rock. I also threw in a disappointed Napoleon or something, and the part where I melded the rocks together is actually a key point. So anyway, I guess all I can say is, thanks a lot!”
Why is he talking like this? I don’t really know… (sweat drop).
I made up some lines for fun, and when I tried it out, it turned out to be a little amusing, even for me.
I’m not sure if this painting is about family or something else, but it does seem to have an element of fun in it.
It includes bits like the Mona Lisa, angry or laughing or eerily smiling women’s faces, their bodies, a lion, skeletal hands, and strange bone-like models. The sky is bizarre too.
It’s surrealism, but if this is super-reality, then only working men might understand what kind of critique Dalí was aiming at here—whether it’s about their hardships, joys, love, or dignity. That’s the feeling I get from this piece.
He seems to use natural landscapes to project his delusions about people, and it feels like he’s painting a world where women and children are central.
In this painting, I sensed Dalí’s stylish, humorous, and even lonely sides.
When I left the museum, I hurriedly bought some postcards (they were around 180 yen each, I think) and quickly went on my way.
Even though this wasn’t too recent, looking at the postcards now brings back memories of the past.
If we were to compare it to Japan, Dalí lived through the Meiji to Heisei eras. He also designed the logo for Chupa Chups, didn’t he?
His paintings were apparently very popular, but he was often criticized as being too commercialized, showing that even then, Dalí was very much a modern artist.
It seems that those who think outside the box and express something interesting are ridiculed, just as they are today.
The important thing is to stick to your principles.
It’s such a refreshing experience—learning, gaining energy, visual delight, and healing all at once.
Museums are truly wonderful places, aren’t they?
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