At the Dali exhibit at the Tate Modern museum forces people to view outside the box. Dali’s style of borderline psychotic painting gives viewers a unique experience, whether or not they enjoy them. One piece in particular that is sure to cause the neurons in your brain to fire up is Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate. The painting’s most essential features are; naked woman lying on her back, two tigers leaping through the air, and an elephant on extra long legs in the background. Upon careful examination of the painting it is clearly seen that one tiger has jumped out of the mouth of the other, and both out of a large fish. The woman is shown looking away from the viewer, and seeming oblivious to the imminent tiger attack within seconds. The elephant in the back appears to be carrying a statue but it can’t be seen exactly what it is. But what the elephant is carrying isn’t what makes it unique, its legs are elongated up to ten times the normal length, making the elephant seem as if it has a very long journey ahead of it to require such long legs.
The title of the painting is seen only after the viewer stares at the painting for some time and notices an actual bee flying around a pomegranate near the woman. Upon seeing this part of the painting, along with its title makes the whole thing make more sense. The woman in the picture is dreaming the fantastic world around her, and she is only in danger of her own dreams and not the tigers shown in mid attack.
A painting like this shows into the depth of the artist’s own dreams and shows the true astounding world that exists in Dali’s mind.
-John Novi
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