Salvador Dali – Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around

Salavador Dali was a very talented artist from Spain. He was born in 1904 and died of heart failure in 1989. A lot of his work was influenced by his dreams and he depicted them on canvas. Dali’s work was also influenced by surrealism, a style of artwork that expressed images through unconventional techniques and distortions. Although the work seems to be a little out of the ordinary, I still find it very interesting and extra ordinary. His painting, Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man (1943), stuck in my mind every since the moment I laid my eyes on it.

Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man, is the perfect example of the struggle of successfully coming out into the world. A dark umbrella type canvas shades over a large egg shaped world. It has what appears to be a young male fighting and struggling trying to get out. The world is resting on top of a bright white canvas with thick blood draining on to it from the opening of the world. On the outside of this, a person, who appears to both man and woman is standing pointing at this event unfolding as a young child is gripping tightly to the person watching with his or her eyes full of curiosity.

When I look at this painting of the young man fighting to be born of the world, I think and relate to the struggles and the hassles of becoming an adult and making a place for myself in the world. The dark canvas illustrates a sad and mournful mood and signifies his birth as a baby. This darkness hovers over the real world that the man is trying so hard to step out of. The bright white canvas the world is resting on illustrates his coming death in the future.

The brightness of the bottom canvas sends signals of happiness and rest. I feel this way because I was taught to morn at birth, this world is full of heartbreaks and let downs and to rejoice at death, in death there is rest and the hope of eternal life. The thick blood oozing out from the opening of the earth signifies the sweat and blood he has been sacrificing to become an adult. As the ordeal is taking place, a person that seems to be both male and female is watching.

I say that the person is both genders because his or her features carries is both of male and female. A small child is holding tightly to the legs of this person looking in the direction the person is pointing. The child seems to be watching with curiosity and fear. The person may be trying to teach the child the lesson of the event. I feel the lesson that is trying to be taught is, no matter what male or female life as an adult is a struggle and is hard work.

When I look at Salavador Dali’s painting, Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man, I really can relate to the struggles that is illistrated in the painting. I cannot for certian say that my interpretation is the correct one but I do feel that his intent in this artwork was to open the minds of the people who would look upon it. I never even knew who Salavador Dali was until now, but upon this introduction I know that I will strive to learn more about his life and view more of his artworks.