Salvador Dali at the MoMA: The Persistence of Memory and Surrealism | Artrageous with Nate

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Salvador Dali has to be my favorite artist growing up. His surrealism paintings are some of the most fascinating works of art in history. We get a chance to speak with educator, Larissa Bailiff, at the Museum of Modern Art to get the full story behind this iconic work combining Dali's signature melting clocks!
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  • @namu-vn9fh
    @namu-vn9fh5 жыл бұрын

    There is no one way to interpret surrealism. That's what makes it so amazing - my favorite art genre, for sure.

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kirstin McLendon Totally agrée! Honestly, I feel that way about most art. Thanks for the feedback!

  • @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    5 жыл бұрын

    bull shit dali is a prophet trying his best to wake everyone to reality truth christ is in flesh the white eggs are those who hatch into white stones rev 2:17

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s your favorite is great! The fact that you believe there is no point to interpret surrealism is very revealing of your character. You like things you cannot understand. I guess you like mystery. Cool.

  • @dearariana
    @dearariana6 жыл бұрын

    I feel like the melted clocks is how we experience time during work hours.

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ariana A Good point. I know I often feel that way!

  • @dearariana

    @dearariana

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad I am not the only one! :)

  • @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    5 жыл бұрын

    HE is trying to tell everyone time is vanishing to end day!!! and it very close to end day heaven is coming to those who survive his main goal are waking humans to seek white stone rev 2:17

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very practical observation I love it very much!

  • @underwayz37
    @underwayz374 жыл бұрын

    This is such a perfect way that describes all vivid dreams in my opinion. In your dreams it all makes sense, random things are put together in your dream to create a reality that feels so real in your head.When in reality, it isnt.

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would have to agree, Alysha. Dali definitely captured what was going on in his creative, subconscious head of his. Thanks for watching, and for the feedback!

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is very much like Tetris indeed! Random shapes and objects and how you put it together to work. As given the objective in Tetris. I agree very much. Also it is persistence of a dream title, rightfully I believe you’ve proven,

  • @tharapeo2680
    @tharapeo26803 жыл бұрын

    My teacher told me to watch this and then get motivated but I just got unmotivated 🙄🙄

  • @mygreatbigfoot1679

    @mygreatbigfoot1679

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much, I thought it was just me, 😊you saved me some time there.

  • @iainholmes2735
    @iainholmes27352 жыл бұрын

    The painting is about 90 years old, but still looks amazing - almost as if it was unveiled this morning. It does make us think about the flexible nature of time. It's so discreet, dream-like and weird: perhaps the flagship painting of the movement. Great vid.

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    2 жыл бұрын

    It really is amazing how well kept this piece is. I'm guessing that also has a lot to do with size since the don't have to roll it up to transport it. Super appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching!

  • @gameplaystation96
    @gameplaystation966 жыл бұрын

    I see a similar message to Interstellar. The picture is a moment of Dalí's childhood, lying on the beach when the sun is going down. Moments transcend space and time when a human live them. They persists on human's mind regardless of how far we are of the site it happened and how many years ago it was. So we see the meltings clocks (TIME) and a tiny detail you didn't mention: the perspective (SPACE) is wrong, slightly aberrant. In Interstellar it's not moments, it's love. The thing is Dalí painted this en 1931.

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is no WRONG in interpretation. Your observation is based on what you relate it to the movie you said. May have same landscape or consistency of a time or moment not lost to individual memory. Also your view of a sunset is hate to say it but wrong. It’s evidently sunrise. When sun comes out as it appears in shown portrait. However it is not wrong if there is nothing but melted clocks? Hence telling you that if it is a familiar place you’ve been as you’ve expressed but of how that time that melts perhaps changes the reality of sunset, showing a revealing characteristic I hope you’ll find based on your own interpretation and association that the clocks say 6PM? Or 6AM? 5 till 6 AM or PM. And if you can associate this as-well then you can find that the time however familiar in memory reflects to the time? In which melts. Or breaks in half until 6.Adding yes space is irrelevant but if what is contained in it. You look at it as if it was not an object at all but an existence. So ask yourself what time is it ?

  • @rodgerharris6787
    @rodgerharris67876 жыл бұрын

    A brilliant artist with a brilliant mind !

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes he was! I just read a great biography on him, and definitely left realizing how gifted he was at a very early age. He certainly had some strange qualities, but I say that's what made him unique.

  • @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    5 жыл бұрын

    real prophet trying tell you something!!!

  • @BrianJosephMorgan
    @BrianJosephMorgan5 жыл бұрын

    Bravo!

  • @anthonyholland2669
    @anthonyholland26696 жыл бұрын

    Great insight and interview , just out of interest what is the painting to the left of persistence of memory it looks like a Dali as well

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Holland Thanks, Anthony, super appreciate it. I believe you are right about the other painting being a Dali. However, I’m going to have to check into it since I’m not recognizing it immediately!

  • @anthonyholland2669

    @anthonyholland2669

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the reply , it could well be another Dali , keep up the good work with your channel !

  • @gftyhify
    @gftyhify Жыл бұрын

    I think this is one of those paintings that’s so famous but nobody actually knows its name or doesn’t bother to call it by it’s real name Most people I know call it ‘melting clocks/watches instead of ‘persistence of memory’ Same thing with James Whistler’s portrait of his mother. It’s actual name is Arrangement in Black and Grey number 1 but most people call it Whistler’s mother

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha! Completely agree! I think we find it easier to simply call paintings by what we easily see/understand. Melting clocks. Or, drip painting. Thanks for watching and the feedback!👍

  • @StudioYulianto
    @StudioYulianto2 жыл бұрын

    Relatifitas waktu itu sebuah kesadaran yg juga relatif.

  • @imwithname843
    @imwithname843 Жыл бұрын

    I AM TIME.

  • @Dessienewshoes
    @Dessienewshoes3 жыл бұрын

    Kind of sucks that it's so small.

  • @sakshimudgal8809

    @sakshimudgal8809

    2 жыл бұрын

    🥲yeah I pictured it to be a big canvas

  • @voltage6188
    @voltage61886 жыл бұрын

    WHY IS THERE A FACE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAINTING?

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's actually a very abstract self-portrait of Dali. Many aspects of this painting are memories from his childhood in southern Spain by the ocean. Even though he desperately wanted to leave (it was a very small community,) I think he always wanted to be back there. Probably why he ended up returning and "retiring" there. I've been to his home, and it is amazing!

  • @hedegaard8

    @hedegaard8

    5 жыл бұрын

    Artrageous with Nate thanks for the reply, I learned something new from my favourite artist

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love the capital letters. Lol. They say is his face the artist. I say it’s misleading in trying to gain insight from a point of view that relates to Dali. Artists in general do not place themselves in there work unless self portrait. So if they did shows that he was there? Like where they say he grew up in Spain s small town? If is him you can ask the suggestion of that fact provided by the comment left why he put himself in an image he painted of a small town where time melts? Or on his face more directly is it a bended clock? Or how mailable in such a small town? showing that it not only shaped him but proved what the small town offered? Maybe why portrait so small? As he saw himself there right? As his face in it symbolizes? Or perhaps defined him in which all obscurities are have no shape to the clocks. I hope that makes sense.

  • @georgeedward1226
    @georgeedward12262 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't agree that the cliffs in the painting are truly permanent although geology is the closest thing to permanent that exists in the material world. At least compared to the relatively short life span of human beings.

  • @rickrobitaille8809
    @rickrobitaille8809 Жыл бұрын

    💥🌐😁

  • @rickrobitaille8809
    @rickrobitaille8809 Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure Dali was influenced by Einstein's theory 😁🇨🇦

  • @rickrobitaille8809
    @rickrobitaille8809 Жыл бұрын

    It took prozak 30 minutes where it took frued 30 yrs to go 🤣🇨🇦

  • @alchemistkingdickinson2256
    @alchemistkingdickinson22565 жыл бұрын

    Dali is a modern prophet!! He was good friends with Ferriol who was Cocteaus God Son and Christ best friend~~~ Cocteau is another prophet~~~a prophet is one who left their gifts they knew christ would be in flesh and their gifts works help the light manifest to your eyes if you are one of the lucky ones who will be snatched away~~~it should be very evident white eggs are those who become white stones new jerusalem the enlightened who survive end day!! read the city of revelation by john michell another prophet and study jung mysteruim coinjunctionis aion are eye openers jung even gives christ birth date in 2 of his books calling the date the true door to above which it is when you know believe christ in flesh!!! dali left 2 giant white eggs on his home as a testimony of his knowing etc he even painted the rev 12 sept 23 2017 event exactly as it happened above and even more important below!! as he also painted other paintings to do with the coma bernices crown as sister lucia knew rev 12 very important!!! bowie is another great prophet who plays or portrays him self as christ in his lyrics videos and movie man who fell to earth! GOOD NEWS CHRIST IS IN FLESH BAD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT FIND BELIEVE!!!

  • @elmerfudd7202
    @elmerfudd72022 жыл бұрын

    Even this painting is half assed crap. And its practically the best piece of mondern art.

  • @janvysatya6595
    @janvysatya65952 жыл бұрын

    He messed up trying to draw a horse n got famous

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha! Well, that certainly is one way of looking at it!

  • @tapan.k
    @tapan.k Жыл бұрын

    Where do i start

  • @agron7159
    @agron7159 Жыл бұрын

    Bla bla bla...

  • @tapan.k
    @tapan.k Жыл бұрын

    🐜

  • @chardelraconner2166
    @chardelraconner21662 жыл бұрын

    "inkful thoughts Essay did my footouwrist tattoos. 4got $umthing?" ©

  • @Powergirl838
    @Powergirl8386 жыл бұрын

    Well I really enjoyed this 🌟👍

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cheryl Graham Thanks, Cheryl! Super appreciate it.

  • @Powergirl838

    @Powergirl838

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome 💛😊

  • @IAmRamoncitow

    @IAmRamoncitow

    6 жыл бұрын

    i did too, loved it

  • @IAmRamoncitow
    @IAmRamoncitow6 жыл бұрын

    Loved this

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Drawing & Art History Vlogs Thanks, super appreciate it! Checked out your page, great videos, keep it up!

  • @jobellezza6821
    @jobellezza68215 жыл бұрын

    Thank this is going to be cool

  • @kelb6073
    @kelb60736 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite paintings. Represents to me the passing of time. How soon is now?

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kel B Definitely one my favorite paintings as well!

  • @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    @alchemistkingdickinson2256

    5 жыл бұрын

    dali knew end day approaching and is trying to wake people just like i am telling you what he was doing!

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    People can tell you what Dali is doing. I like your own thought more. Passing of time, how soon is now? That is more notable than of what someone says he is doing. Simply because passing of time that melts as a clock would theoretically indicate or express that it is fixed in an environment that shows melting as the result of passed time. I’m urging you to consider how time passed would be reflected otherwise if no sun? Or if now was a space that happened how do measure that instant just passed? If feeling a personal challenge of intricacies and on going rant of existence. Which I don’t recommend instead ask yourself fir the third sentence what time does the clocks say? On the object it is expresses why it would be your favorite to delve into, with reason.

  • @sofiamun5074
    @sofiamun50745 жыл бұрын

    he did not give up college he got expelled for making a bold statement

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very true! A few months ago I read a great biography on him and learned more about his college years. I really appreciated his passion for his city, and understood why he stood up for what he believed was the right decision. Thanks for the feedback and subscribing!

  • @elizabethgaspodnetich4322
    @elizabethgaspodnetich43224 жыл бұрын

    So she is just guessing? Nobody knows what the paintings "mean" but Salvador Dali himself.

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great question! Honestly, there are so many paintings that we are creating educated guesses for their meanings. As for Dali, I would bet if he were still alive he could give about 20 different meanings to this painting! He loved playing to a crowd, so I could see him changing the story to whatever might be the most confusing our unsettling. Thanks for the feedback, and for watching!

  • @elizabethgaspodnetich4322

    @elizabethgaspodnetich4322

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@artrageousnate Funny thing, I worked for a Gallery in Seattle back in the late 80,s, just around the time Dali died. They came into some Lithographs signed by Dali. Well, my ex husband and I were just dating at the time and he bought one for $3000. When we divorced 7 years later we learned that the print wasn't worth a dime because Dali had been paid for his signature! Wow, he was so pissed! I love Dali, and I love his work, but trying to figure out what is going on in some of his work is like trying to fly to the moon in a cardboard box!

  • @artrageousnate

    @artrageousnate

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@elizabethgaspodnetich4322 Wow, that is a crazy story! So frustrating that it worked out that way:/ I also LOVE Dali and his work, but yes, it's nearly impossible to figure out. But, I think that's why I love it so much. Thanks for the feedback and great story!

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@elizabethgaspodnetich4322 that’s useful

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice to presume a question of information given. Although it’s not about what it “means “ at all. Everything mostly said are facts or unquestionable concepts of it. If you want to be a nah sayer I suggest you give with reason, and a good to start would be not means but means to create. If that works means so much to your comment. This at least helps your point that only the artist knows the intention of the painting himself.

  • @redram5150
    @redram51505 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful painter, terrible person

  • @helenhagos6277

    @helenhagos6277

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wish badly that personality mattered in such a way that judged the painting. Not all are compatible that’s valid across the board. Unless playing checkers or chess it’s win or loose. Am afraid it’s win if it’s the painting you seek to understand. However if you can declare he is terrifible how do you see it reflect in his work?