The Hidden Faces of Salvador Dalí
You’ll never understand it all.
But what does it really mean?
A common misconception, or rather, a misplaced query often posed by audiences when viewing art, that works of creation can be sufficiently taken apart and understood in absolutism, or even dissected for a complete understanding of the artist’s intentions.
I’ve heard many a variation of the age-old query posed; all well-intended, but nonetheless extraneous.
Dalí The Freudian Champion
The study of art has long relied on psychoanalysis as the basis for interpretation, and there has been no greater emphasis on the
“deeper meaning of art” through the emphasis on psychoanalytical tenets of art than in Surrealist factions.
Indeed, there are many parallels, or rather, affinities between Surrealist art and psychoanalysis. Breton’s Surrealists leaned heavily on Freudian theory as an artistic stimulus, and the psychoanalytic readings that surrounded Surrealist art often stem from Freudian psychoanalysis and is the basis for many scholarly interpretations of Surrealism.
This assertion is difficult to dispute, given the close relationship one of Surrealism’s champion Salvador Dalí had with Freud’s work, often referring to…
