Saturday, February 2, 2013

El Museo de Dali

Today we visited the Salvador Dali museum in Figueras, which is the town where Dali grew up. Before he died he wanted to create something that would help the cities economy, and thus created his bizarre museum and theater. Dali was a rather odd man. He suffered from paranoia and it showed in some of his works. However, I don't think I took pictures of any of the pieces exhibiting it.

We didn't really get a chance to explore the town of Figueras as our time there was limited, but from the few hours that we spent, I can tell you one thing, it is VERY windy! Partly because Figueras is only 20 km or so from the Pyrenees Mountains, to which we have a trip in March. The drive to Figueras was beautiful! Tons of old stone homes and gardens.

Here are a few of his pieces:
The theater:
 The Cadillac is made so when a coin is inserted, it rains on the inside.





 The dome made to resemble a fly's eye.

 Dali is buried in the museum.
 A painting of his wife, Gala, which when looked at from 18 m away is also Abraham Lincoln. He chose Abraham Lincoln because Lincoln abolished slavery.













It sure has been a long week since the last time I blogged! We returned home from Paris and I had my first test on Tuesday. At some point between the cold of Paris and the stress of a test I came down with a cold or virus of some sort. I am still working on getting over it, but it sure has put a damper on the weekend!

I hope everyone's week was wonderful and your weekend is equally as great!

xoxo
Kelcey

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