Dali Exhibition - Prague

During our trip to prague we visited an exhibition showing work by Salvador Dali . There were paintings, Etchings, sculptures, photography and tapestries which I found interesting as I had only really associated him with paintings before this and did not realise he used all this media to create his art.

I really enjoyed looking into his work and trying to evaluate it. He was known for his strange and eccentric behaviour and very psychological dream like surrealist art which I find really interesting. You can defiantly tell that he was interested in the subconscious of the mind from his work which really makes you think and analyse, this exhibition I feel gives great insight into Dali's world.

The layout and arrangement of art I thought was well done, it was quite simple so it was not distracting from the art work itself. It's order flowed well and made sense almost like telling a story as it was placed in order starting with his early work to the later work showing his progression and change in different areas of his life.

 This arrangement of it does in fact make me think of my final piece and remind me that my work must in fact be quality over quantity of work which I have struggled with before in the past. I intend on making each page of my look book not over crowed with work but perhaps more simple with strong pieces of meaningful work.

Dali's 'Soft Self Portrait With Fried Bacon'. A lot of Dali's work I find extremely interesting but I would not like it on my wall! Its very creepy, deep and psychological. I like they way he can get someone thinking about and evaluating his work, trying to work out how he was feeling at the time. This oil painting does that to me. It does inspire me and I think to shock of confuse the viewer and leaving them with a certain feeling is an amazing way to have successful art. It does make me think about how I could perhaps achieve this with my work and my project. It does remind me of the punk era and style that I am currently researching. It was rebellious and defiantly not seen as 'pretty' but it provoked reaction and had many reasons behind the style and look created.