Salvador Dali is one of my all time favorite artist. His interpretation of life and himself through his artwork is very intriguing. Salvador Dali was born in Figueres, Spain on May 11th, 1904 and died on January 23rd, 1989 (http://www.artquotes.net/). Dali is one of the greatest artist from the Surrealist art movement. His most recognizable artwork includes: "The Great Masturbator", "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumble Bee", and "The Persistence of Memory". I will be looking at Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" and the Simpson's spoof of this famous painting. The original piece of artwork is very mind boggling because the painting consist of melted liquidity clocks in a vast, but kind of barren background. At first, the painting looks like it has something to do with time(hence the clocks),but the title suggest otherwise. To me, I think the painting is Dali's way of commenting on life. How time is always changing and seems to be passing us by, but the memory of those times remain. I personally think that the is a reminder of how mortal we are as humans and how everything must come to an end. On the totally opposite end of the spectrum, you have the Simpsons. The popular dysfunctional family that has been on TV for twenty plus years. The Simpsons have been known to do parodies of many influential things. This is no different. All characters,with the exception of Lisa, all have that melted liquidity vibe and they even add in Homer Simpson's two favorite things: a doughnut and beer. It's a lighthearted joke on a very famous painting and I got a kick out of it.
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