Dream Caused by Feminine Power of Gala Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Being Attacked


MEDIUM: oil painting

Size: 65 x 50 cm

COMPLETION: 12th March 2013

 

  • 這幅畫作,是一幅向超現實畫家,達利 (salvador dali) 所致敬的作品。我相信達利對大家來說都應該不陌生,他的超現實作品細緻震撼,創作靈梘包括溶鐘,螞蟻,大象,熱情果等等。全部都是以人類潛意識為基礎,同時亦實踐了佛洛伊德對夢境及潛意識的理念。

    • 首先,我們好應該好好了解達利的背景:達利有一位哥哥,同名為薩爾瓦多,而在達利出生9個月前他死於感染疾病。這件事在後來對達利造成很大影響,包括人格危機,導致他一度認為自己是死去哥哥的複製品。直到達利五歲,父母將達利帶到哥哥墳墓前,告訴他,他是哥哥的轉世,於是達利終於相信這個說法。達利從小就獲得藝術教育,並於早年展出過作品,算是非常順利的藝術路途。他同時亦深深受到文藝復興的細緻畫風影響到。25歲的達利從巴黎來到家鄉西班牙度假,結識了比他大10歲的卡拉·達利 (GALA Dali)  ——他未來的妻子,也是他一生最重要的“ 繆斯”。度假結束後,卡拉沒有回到巴黎,從此在達利的身邊陪伴了一生一世。達利崇拜卡拉,視她為聖母化身。在他的畫裡,激情的描繪都集中在她的身上。在達利晚年所畫的宗教主題畫中,他毫不掩飾地把卡拉畫成聖母,也畫出了卡拉在他心目中的“超現實”形象。在現實生活中,卡拉是達利精明幹練的專業總管,獨自扛下了所有的家庭雜務,讓達利專心創作;她更是行銷高手,達利噱頭十足,她則能言善道,兩人聯手打入美國市場,如魚得水,名利雙收。

      達利與其父親的關係幾近破裂。父親反對他與卡拉的浪漫關係,而且和當時的大眾觀點一樣,認為超現實主義畫家是道德淪喪的原因,因而譴責達利與他們的來往。緊張的關係在一次性格衝突中達到峰值。當時達利在巴黎舉辦畫展,展出了一幅名為《耶穌基督的神聖之心》的畫作。在媒體對它所做出的報導中,援引了達利的一句話,“有時候,我對著我父親的畫像吐痰來娛樂自己。” 

      憤怒的達利父親要求他作出公開道歉,然而達利拒絕了,也許是出於懼怕被踢出超現實主義的圈子。1929年12月28日,達利被粗暴地趕出他父親的家門。他的父親告訴他,將會剝奪他的繼承權,並終生禁止他返回加達格斯。後來,曾描述過在這場鬧劇中他是如何將一個用過的盛著他自己精液的安全套拿給他父親,並說: “拿好!現在我什麼都不欠你了!”。之後的夏天,達利與加拉在伯特利加特附近的一個海灣從一個漁夫手裡租下了一隻小船。他買下附近的土地,並在接下來的幾年裡不斷擴張直到把它變成自己的沿海山莊,即現在的家庭博物館。加拉和達利於1934年舉辦民事婚禮,1958年又舉辦了天主教婚禮。

    • 達利為何如此迷戀卡拉·達利?答案只有達利自己知道--25歲遇到卡拉那年,他曾對別人說:“她能治療我的神經質、焦慮和暴力衝動。”也許,正是因為擁有這種善於安撫的能力,卡拉才能馴服狂野的達利,是達利終身的靈感泉源。在藝術界,這是極為罕見的。她陪伴達利50餘年,在達利的畫作中持續出現。她去世後,達利失去了靈感的繆斯,從此停止創作。沒有卡拉·達利就沒有偉大的畫家達利,這是畫壇公認的事實。

    • 達利後期因第二次世界大戰而逃離到美國八年,這是他生命中最多產的年代,也是備受爭議的時候。這段時期達利將繪畫邊緣化以便顛覆設計和商品的同時在藝術和消費品之間徘徊不定。在西班牙的晚年,達利返回加泰羅尼亞居住,裁下的西班牙作為居住地,他為珍寶珠設計了商標。同年,他成為了歐視廣告策劃的創意負責人,並創作了一個巨大的金屬雕塑,豎立在馬德里皇家歌劇院的舞台上。卡拉於1982年6月10日去世。她死後,達利失去了生活的熱情。他故意讓自己嚴重脫水,據稱是企圖自殺,但他自己辯護說是為了達到一種停滯的精神狀態,就像一些細菌作用下的結果一樣。

    • 達利承認自己表現了一種"由弗洛伊德所揭示的個人夢境與幻覺"。為了尋找這種超現實幻覺,他們像弗洛伊德醫生一樣,去探索精神病患者的意識,認為他們的言論與行動往往是一種潛意識世界的真誠反映,這在日常生活中是見不到的。對於超現實主義畫家來說,這是些至為珍貴的素材。因此,達利的許多作品,總是把具體的細節描寫和任意地誇張、變形、省略與象徵等手段結合地使用,創造一種介於現實與臆想、具體與抽象之間的"超現實境界"。讀他的畫,人們既看懂所有細節,從整體上,又感到荒謬可怖,違反邏輯,怪誕而神秘。這種"潛意識"的景物,其實都是畫家主觀地"構思"出來的,根本不是什麼潛意識或下意識的感情表達。

  • 好吧,從此可見,加拉的確是達利的主要創作靈感來源。由此我重點分析了一幅達利畫作 『Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before awakening.』決定模仿並為構圖作出少許改變。在這幅作品,體現了“手繪照片”的概念。正如達利經常提出在他的畫,有一個遙遠的地平線和平靜的海景,也許是西班牙港口Lligat。除了漂浮在海面之上的平靜岩石之上,沉睡赤裸的加拉身體旁邊,達利描繪了兩個懸浮的水滴和一個石榴,一個基督教象徵生育和復活的象徵。石榴上方飛翔著一隻蜜蜂,一種傳統上象徵著聖母的昆蟲。在畫的左上方,似乎是一隻黃葉石魚從石榴中爆發出來,然後又噴出一隻老虎,然後用刺刀刺出另一隻老虎和一支步槍,刺刀正要刺激手臂上的加拉。在他們之上是達利第一次使用長有火烈鳥腿的大象,發現在他後來的作品,如 The Temptation of Saint Anthony,大象背著一個方尖碑,靈感來自貝爾尼尼的大象和方尖碑在羅馬的聖瑪麗亞索普拉密涅瓦廣場。

  • 刺刀,可能代表女人從她本來平靜的夢中突然覺醒。這是佛洛伊德對超現實主義藝術的影響和達利試圖在夢境中探索夢世界的例子。漂浮在兩滴水之間的小石榴可能像徵著金星,尤其是因為它形成了心形陰影。它也可能被用作生育和復活的基督教象徵。這種女性象徵主義可能與威脅生物的陰莖象徵主義形成對比。也有人認為這幅畫是“對進化論的超現實主義的解釋”。1962年,達利表示,這幅畫的目的是“第一次用佛洛依德的長篇敘述關於夢境的概念,這是一件偶然事件的瞬間導致睡眠者醒來的結果,因此,作蜜蜂的喧鬧聲激起了刺激Gala的刺痛感。

  • 我這幅臨摹試圖模仿,沿用本身已有的元素,加插女權主義的理念,強調出女性如何被男性materialised (原作),比裸體及企圖成為慾望的泉源;到現在嘗試訴說出,即時是夢境中的偶爾事件,女士們在醒覺一刻都有能力駕馭,無論夢境抑或現實世界,並不應該由男人取決一切。不過說到底,這幅畫主要是向達利畫風及理論的致敬作品。

 

                                                         

  • This painting is a tribute to the surrealist Salvador Dali. I believed Dali should be no stranger to everyone. His surreal works are meticulously shocking, the creative ideas include dissolution of clocks, ants, elephants, passion fruit and so on. They are all based on human subconsciousness while practising Freud's concept of dreams and subconsciousness.

  • First of all, we should have a good understanding of Dali's background: Dali has a brother with the same name, El Salvador, and died of infectious diseases nine months before Dali was born. This incident later had a significant impact on Dali, including the crisis of personality, which led him to regard himself as a replica of his dead brother at one time. Until Dali was five years old, his parents took Dali to his brother's grave and told him that he was his brother's reincarnation, and Dali finally believed and relieved. Dali gained art education from an early age and exhibited works in his early years, which is a very smooth artistic journey. At the same time, he was deeply influenced by the fine style of the Renaissance. 25-year-old Daly was on vacation from Paris to his hometown of Spain, met more the 10-year-older Gala Dali - his future wife, but also his life's most important "muse". After the holiday, Dali did not return to Paris and accompanied by his life. Dali worships Gala, as she is the Holy Virgin embodiment. In his paintings, the portrayal of passion is concentrated on her. In the religious-themed paintings of his later years, he painted Gala into Madonna without any concealment, and also painted the "surreal" image of Gala in his mind. In real life, Gala is Dali smart savvy Explorer, alone carrying all the family chores, let Dali concentrate on writing.

  • Dali and his father's relationship almost broke, due to his objection to Dali's romantic relationship with Gala and, as a popular culture of the time, Gala wasn't being accepted by Dali's family. Dali's father even asked him to make a public apology, due to his public speech, but Dali rejected. At the age of 25, Dali said to others: "Gala can treat my neuroticism, anxiety and violent urges." Perhaps, precisely because of this reassuring ability, Gala became Dali's inspiration for life. In the art world, this is extremely rare, in which Gala accompanied Dali for more than 50 years and continued to appear in Dali's paintings. After her death, Dali lost his muse for inspiration and stopped creating. There is no great painter Dali without Gala Dalí, a fact recognized by the art world.

  • Dali went to the United States for the Second World War in the late eight years, and those were the most prolific and controversial time in his life. During this period Dali marginalized the painting in order to subvert the design and the merchandise while wandering between art and consumer goods. In his later years in Spain, Dali returned to Catalonia and laid down Spain as his place of residence, and he designed the trademark for the treasure. In the same year, he became the creative director of Eurostat Advertising and created a giant metal sculpture erected on the stage of the Royal Opera House in Madrid. Since Gala died on June 10, 1982. Dali lost his passion for life after her death. He deliberately left himself severely dehydrated, purposely attempting to commit suicide, but he defended himself to achieve a stagnant state of mind, just as the result of some bacteria.

  • Dali admits that he presents a "personal dream and illusion that Freud reveals." In search of this surreal illusion, they, like Dr Freud explore the consciousness of the mentally ill that their words and actions are often a genuine reflection of a subconscious world that is not found in everyday life. For the surrealist painter, this is something of prime importance. Therefore, many of Dali's works are always combined with specific details and arbitrary exaggeration, distortion, omission and symbolism to create a "surreal realm" between reality and imagination, concreteness and abstraction. Reading his paintings, people understand all the details. On the whole, they feel ridiculously absurd, contrary to logic, weird and mysterious. This kind of "subconscious" scene is actually a subjective "conception" by the artist. It is not a subconscious or unconscious expression of emotion at all.

  • Well, from this we can see that Gala is indeed the main source of creative inspiration for Dali. From this, I focused on the analysis of a Dali painting "DREAM CAUSED BY THE FLIGHT OF A BEE AROUND A POMEGRANATE A SECOND BEFORE AWAKENING." I decided to imitate and make a few changes to the composition. In this piece, it reflects the concept of "hand-drawn photos." As Dali often presents in his paintings, there is a distant horizon and peaceful sea views, perhaps the Spanish port of Lligat. Besides the calm rocks that float above the sea, sleeping asleep on the naked Gara body, Dali paints two suspended drops of water and a pomegranate, a symbol of Christian fertility and resurrection. A bee is flying above pomegranate, an insect that traditionally symbolizes the Virgin. At the top left of the painting, it appears that a Yellowstone fish erupted from the pomegranate and then a tiger was ejected, then a bayonet and a rifle were stabbed with a bayonet, and the bayonet was about to stimulate the Gala on the arm. Above them was Dali's first use of an elephant with flamingo legs and found in his later works, such as THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY, an obelisk carrying an obelisk inspired by Bernini's large Elephant and obelisk in the Santa Maria Sopra Minerva square in Rome.

  • The bayonet, on behalf of a woman, may suddenly awaken from her dream of calm. This is an example of Freud's influence on surrealistic art and Dali's attempt to explore the dream world in dreams. Pomegranates floating between two drops of water may symbolize Venus, especially since it forms a heart-shaped shadow. It may also be used as a symbol of Christianity that gives birth and resurrection. This female symbolism can be contrasted with penile symbolism that threatens biology. Others think the painting is "an interpretation of the surrealism of evolution." In 1962 Daly said the purpose of the painting was "to first describe the concept of dreams in Freud's lengthy story as a result of the occasional moment that caused the sleepers to wake up, so the bee's The loud noise stimulated GALA tingling.

  • I tried to imitate this copy, follow the elements of its own, add feminist ideas, emphasizing how female figures were materialized (original), than the naked and the attempt to become the source of desire; now try to tell, that is a dream Occasional occasions, ladies are able to control a moment when awake, regardless of dream or real world, and should not be dominated by men. However, after all, the painting is primarily a tribute to Dali's style and theory.