Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumblebee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
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| Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumblebee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening |
| Salvador Dalí, 1944 |
| oil on canvas, 51 × 40.5 cm |
| Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza |
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumblebee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944) is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí.
According to Dalí, "The noise of the bee here causes the sting of the dart that will wake Gala." The action of the painting — the larger pomegranate from which comes a fish releasing two tigers behind a bayonet — represents the woman's abrupt awakening from her otherwise peaceful dream. This is an example of Sigmund Freud's influence on surrealist art and Dali's attempts to explore the world of dreams.
The musical band dredg attempted to reproduce an audio interpretation of the painting in their album El Cielo. The booklet of which indicates "This album was inspired by a painting titled: Dream Caused By The Flight Of A Bee Around A Pomegranate One Second Before Awakening. It is recommend that you view this painting as you listen to 'El Cielo'. It is as if one stimulus awakens other senses. In other words, it's about drawing music."
It has also been suggested that the painting is "a surrealist interpretation of the Theory of Evolution" [link].
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