Dalí painted Burning Giraffe before his exile in the United States, which was from 1940 to 1948. Although Dalí declared himself apolitical—"I am Dalí, and only that"—this painting shows his personal struggle with the battle in his home country. Characteristic are the opened drawers in the blue female figure, which Dalí on a later date described as "Femme-coccyx" (tail bone woman). This phenomenon can be traced back to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytical method, much admired by Dalí. He regarded him as an enormous step forward for civilization, as shown in the following quote: "The only difference between immortal Greece and our era is Sigmund Freud who discovered that the human body, which in Greek times was merely neoplatonical, is now filled with secret drawers only to be opened through psychoanalysis".[1]
The opened drawers in this expressive, propped up female figure thus refer to the inner subconscious within man. In Dalí's own words his paintings form "a kind of allegory which serves to illustrate a certain insight, to follow the numerous narcissistic smells which ascend from each of our drawers."[2]
The image is set in a twilight atmosphere with deep blue sky. There are two female figures in the foreground, one with drawers opening from her side like a chest. They both have undefined phallic shapes (perhaps melted clocks, as a recurring image from Dalí's previous works) protruding from their backs which are supported by crutch-like objects. The hands, forearms, and face of the nearest figure are stripped down to the muscular tissue beneath the skin. One figure is holding a strip of meat. Both human figures that double as a chest of drawers as well as the crutch-like shapes are common archetypes in Dalí's work.
In the distance is a giraffe with its back on fire. Dalí first used the burning giraffe image in his 1930 film L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age).[3] It appears again in 1937 in the painting The Invention of Monsters.[3] Dalí described this image as "the masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster". He believed it to be a premonition of war.
^"Dali Magritte – Surrealism Art of Dreams". Talaria Enterprises. June 22, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
^Zuzanna Stanska (April 7, 2018). "Salvador Dali, The Burning Giraffe". Daily Art Magazine. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
^ abWilliams, Edgar (2011). Giraffe. Reaktion Books. p. 122. ISBN1861898894.
December 15, 2023
burning, giraffe, 1937, painting, spanish, surrealist, salvador, dalí, painting, panel, kunstmuseum, basel, artistsalvador, dalíyear1937mediumoil, panelmovementsurrealismdimensions35, locationkunstmuseum, basel, baseldalí, painted, burning, giraffe, before, ex. The Burning Giraffe 1937 is a painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali It is an oil painting on panel and is in the Kunstmuseum Basel The Burning GiraffeArtistSalvador DaliYear1937MediumOil on panelMovementSurrealismDimensions35 cm 27 cm 13 8 in 10 6 in LocationKunstmuseum Basel BaselDali painted Burning Giraffe before his exile in the United States which was from 1940 to 1948 Although Dali declared himself apolitical I am Dali and only that this painting shows his personal struggle with the battle in his home country Characteristic are the opened drawers in the blue female figure which Dali on a later date described as Femme coccyx tail bone woman This phenomenon can be traced back to Sigmund Freud s psychoanalytical method much admired by Dali He regarded him as an enormous step forward for civilization as shown in the following quote The only difference between immortal Greece and our era is Sigmund Freud who discovered that the human body which in Greek times was merely neoplatonical is now filled with secret drawers only to be opened through psychoanalysis 1 The opened drawers in this expressive propped up female figure thus refer to the inner subconscious within man In Dali s own words his paintings form a kind of allegory which serves to illustrate a certain insight to follow the numerous narcissistic smells which ascend from each of our drawers 2 The image is set in a twilight atmosphere with deep blue sky There are two female figures in the foreground one with drawers opening from her side like a chest They both have undefined phallic shapes perhaps melted clocks as a recurring image from Dali s previous works protruding from their backs which are supported by crutch like objects The hands forearms and face of the nearest figure are stripped down to the muscular tissue beneath the skin One figure is holding a strip of meat Both human figures that double as a chest of drawers as well as the crutch like shapes are common archetypes in Dali s work In the distance is a giraffe with its back on fire Dali first used the burning giraffe image in his 1930 film L Age d Or The Golden Age 3 It appears again in 1937 in the painting The Invention of Monsters 3 Dali described this image as the masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster He believed it to be a premonition of war See also editList of works by Salvador Dali 100 Great PaintingsReferences edit Dali Magritte Surrealism Art of Dreams Talaria Enterprises June 22 2016 Retrieved July 25 2019 Zuzanna Stanska April 7 2018 Salvador Dali The Burning Giraffe Daily Art Magazine Retrieved July 25 2019 a b Williams Edgar 2011 Giraffe Reaktion Books p 122 ISBN 1861898894 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Burning Giraffe amp oldid 1183088805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
