Tag Archives: The lacemaker

THE PAINTERS AND THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Dave

Salvador Dali’s understanding of Freud was in the ambiguous transfer of desire to reality;where desire cannot be represented directly or consciously, it takes the form of a distortion of reality as an absurdity. A strange convergence of the elements of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Aaron Ross, Andre Breton, Dali, Dali Planet, DaVinci, Freud, Jacques Lacan, Jan Vermeer, Kenneth Grahame, Leonardo DaVinci, Louis markoya, Piper at the gates of dawn, Rembrandt, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, The lacemaker, The Wind and The Willows, Vermeer | 4 Comments

The Rhino Horn: Violent Aesthetic Power

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Dave

Salvador Dali on Vermeer’s ”The Lacemaker”: ”Up until now The Lacemaker has always been considered a very peaceful, very calm painting, but for me it is possessed by the most violent aesthetic power, to which only the recently discovered antiproton … Continue reading →