Salvador Dali, Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937
"Swans reflecting Elephants", depicts many details and objects brought together in a pond like setting. Around this pond is a blue sky, brown rocks, and clouds. In the pond, their are 3 swans with a reflection of elephants coming from the pond. It has a mixture of light and dark colors. On the far left side of this painting, you can see a portrait of the artist himself, Salvador Dali. He seems thinkitive and wise.
This painting seems to have a double meaning. Not only for the swans, but also for Salvador. I believe he depicts himslef as a swan, and as an elephant. He has two sides , and he lives depending on these two sides. I believe that sometimes he pictured himself as a weak human being, and other times as a courages person. Another aspect I found from the reflections is the different kinds of times one will experience in their lifes. Sometimes positive and sometimes negative moments will appear that can strangthen or weaken a huma being.
If I could interview Salvador Dali, here are some questions I would ask:
1). Why did you include yourself in this painting?
2). Why a pond, and not a mirror?
3). What do the tress in the back of the swans represent?
4). Why did you choose to use swans and elephants?
This picture just like amazed me...
ReplyDeleteKuddos to you for that >.<
I am so fascinated with the way you took this outstanding painting and just bam understood it and interpreted it in a totally different aspect then I would have.
Many of the questions you asked where the same ones I have maybe one day this painter will see your post and answer you question.
Truth is you did such a good job.
Oh and in the last sentence of your interpretation of the picture you misspelled "human" you might want to be careful with that.
Otherwise you get an A+ from mee (:
-Isis.<3