The Elephants, by Salvador Dalí ‘The Elephants,...

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The Elephants, by Salvador Dalí

‘The Elephants, 1948’ is a painting of two elephants with vastly elongated legs, both carrying an obelisk, which was a commonly used motif in Dali’s work. He is trying to provoke a sense of weightlessness with the elephants which comes across in their spindly legs as they carry weighty objects on their backs. Dali’s work was described by himself as ‘absolute naturalness, without the slightest aesthetic concern’ and in producing work which he held no thought for it’s beauty, he managed to create wonderfully dreamlike pieces which take the viewer into an alternate reality in which they are surrounded by hidden images and meanings.

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