Dali
Homage To Newton
Bronze, 35 ( Height ) cm
About the artwork
Dalí honors and commends Newton for his discovery of the law of gravity, symbolized by the famed falling apple, represented here by a sphere of metal attached to a line, thus losing its impermanence as well as its capacity for regeneration. Dalí implies that the living being, Sir Isaac Newton, has become a mere name in science, completely stripped of his personality and individuality, this is further symbolized by the lack of arms on the figure. To represent this transformation, Dalí has pierced the figure with two large holes: one which portrays the absence of Newton’s vital organs, while the other clearly displays the lack of mind. What remains is only symbolic representation.
About the artist
Born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, Salvador Dalí’s
eccentric nature and talent for self-promotion made him the most famous
representative of the surrealist movement and one of the most widely recognised
artists in the world. Identified as an artistic prodigy from a tender age, Dalí attended the drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the
Instituto in Figueres, Spain in 1916. In 1922, he enrolled in the Academia de
San Fernando in Madrid and received recognition during his first solo show
held in Barcelona in 1925. Dalí became internationally known after the third
annual Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1928 and grew to
immense notoriety and fame. Today, his sculptures and paintings are exhibited
in the most prestigious museums in the world and part of many coveted private
and public collections.
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