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Profile Of Time
Bronze, 51 x 35 x 35 cm
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About the artwork
This sculpture echoes Dali's famous 1931 painting. The Persistence of Memory in which the famous melted watch appeared for the first time. As the watch liquefies over the tree, it forms into a human profile, underlining the interminable relationship between man and time. The unexpected softness of the watch also represents the psychological aspect whereby time, whilst considered to be precise and fixed in its nature, can, in fact, vary significantly in human perception. All men must bend to the passing of time. We see Dali's profile in the face of the clock. There is a tear falling from his eye, lamenting the path of life that all men must travel.
About the artist
Born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, Salvador Dalí’s
eccentric nature and talent for self-promotion made him the most famous
representative of the surrealist movement and one of the most widely recognised
artists in the world. Identified as an artistic prodigy from a tender age, Dalí attended the drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the
Instituto in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, he enrolled in the Academia de
San Fernando in Madrid and received recognition during his first solo show
held in Barcelona in 1925. Dalí became internationally known after the third
annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928 and grew to
immense notoriety and fame. Today, his sculptures and paintings are exhibited
in the most prestigious museums in the world and part of many coveted private
and public collections.
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