SALVADOR DALI EXPERIENCE!

PART ONE * Monday


Dali was the first visual artist  of his era to seriously question and pictorially document Freudian theories.

This Dali presentation will explore Freud’s influence on Dali’s Surreal style with special insights into the concepts of "Free Association", “Dream” Painting and of course all of the funny stories and fabulous art that goes with Dali's experiments into Freud's theories of the subconscious!

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PART TWO * Tuesday

Dali's artwork after 1945 is a historical tour of the scientific events of the 21st century, or at least of those that struck him most.

This Dali presentation will explore Dali's influences include the atomic bomb, physics, quantum mechanics, the origins of life, natural law,  hermeticism, monasticism, evolution, mathematics, geometry, time travel, catastrophe theory and more!


Instructor: Fine Arts Historian, Sr. Karla Darocas, Hons. B.A.