January 19, 2014

The Burning Giraffe - Salvador Dalí


This one was sent by Olga, from USA! It shows a famous surrealist Salvador Dalí's painting, the Burning Giraffe, painted in 1936-1937, before his exile in the United States, which was from 1940 to 1948; according that I've read, this painting shows his personal struggle with the battle in his home country and the giraffe, behind, with its back on fire means a "the masculine cosmic apocalyptic monster", he believe it to be a premonition of war.

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