Figueres. Salvador Dali Museum, Outside. Real? The sixth toe.

 Getting a Grip on Dali

It takes a close look.

Tribute to Newton, 6-toes detail, sculpture at Theater-Museum, Figueres, Spain. Is this a mock-up?

Tribute to Newton.

First, what is  a real Dali, and what is a mock-up.  See the apparent original of this Homage to Newton at http://www.dali.com/gallery/detail/Drawings/Singles/Homage+to+Newton+EA.  There are no severed or excess toes that I can see.

And the dangling ball, in the gallery site, is located differently here.

• Dali fascinates with the unexpected, the funneling of attention to matters oddly in and out of place.  This site promotes art appreciation for all of us, see   https://www.artsy.net/artist/salvador-dali.  Our approach in travel is to go somewhere first, and research later, finding out all we can on our own.  We are always pleased to be contacted by groups adding to global humanity and our collective art.  Thank you, Artsy. 

The overall surreal point is well made, however:  Dali-ism-like sculpture defies comprehension by one look alone. And this copy is missing the dangling ball that would tie the theme to Newton's apple.  Vandalism?  The Dali Theater and Museum at Figueres also is clear that it displays works of other surrealists, so vet everything.  The Newton tribute here gives a Dali impression, but may not be.  Who will go over there next and check?

Tribute to Newton, copy minus ball, Salvador Dali Theater-Museum Square, Figueres, Spain.

Photographers also pay homage to Salvador Dali, and his brand of surrealism --  what is real, what lies beneath what appears real, and is it, really?  Note the fellow at the base of the steps.  He also gets closer, in time.

• Dali -- the artist with the unforgettable mustache and imagination. He was born in Figueres in 1904, where many of his works are displayed in the Dali Theater-Museum there.  Another Dali site, Cadaques, is an hour or so from Roses.

Dali -- expressing the unconscious mind, see http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Dali-Salvador.html

View from the front. Impossible being! Allgendersbirdbeakshoulderswha?  See a reproduction of the original elsewhere for comparison at http://www.santm.com/gallery3/index.php/2007/singapore/boatquay/IMG_0651

Photographer up close.  Still, compared to what seems to be the original, see site, the dangling ball is all wrong here. And the hair.

.Homage to Newton, Dali Theater and Museum, Figueres, and photographer close-up.

Is this photographer focusing on the left foot or the right?  We preferred the right, the one with the wrong toes. Or are they just right?

Daniel Widing paying Tribute to Newton, Salvador Dali Theater-Museum, Figueres, Spain.  Is it real?

On up the steps:  Dali-isms again defy the quick look. The impossible diver with hands hanging out.

Salvador Dali Theater-Museum, Impossible Diver, Figueres, Spain

The roof figures, heroic and classical, carry baguettes.  Or are they surfboards?

Dali Museum, Figueres, Spain. Classical roof figures with baguettes.

Salvador Dali Theater-Museum, Boat of the Mind, Figueres, Spain

Dali also memorializes the Catalan poet, writer, and philosopher Francesc Pujols y Morgades, 1882-1962.  Dali met Pujols after the Spanish Civil War, in France, and was inspired by conversations with him.  Pujols' insights were sought by many intellectuals of the time. 

Pujols Monument, Salvador Dali, Dali Teatro-Museum, Figueres, Spain