Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain a painting: A sea urchin is placed on an overturned inkwell glass and in its mouth, the "Aristotle's lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or here a light dried up flower. The object is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the sea urchin are traced on the paper. The display board shows a sea urchin fossile. At Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.
In his Portlligat home in 1957, Salvador Dalí demonstrates a creative experiment. A sea urchin, placed on an overturned inkwell with a dried flower in its mouth, is used to trace its own movements onto blackened paper. Dramatically lit, the artist stands with arms crossed beside a table laden with his subjects of study—urchins, beakers, and a magnifying glass. On an easel, an example of the abstract work created by this method is clipped over a scientific illustration of a sea urchin, blending artistic inquiry with natural form.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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