The Persistence of Memory
Dalí's iconic melting clocks in a dreamlike landscape explore time, memory, and the unconscious mind. The soft watches suggest time's fluidity and relativity in dream states and memory. The work applies Freudian psychoanalysis to create uncanny juxtapositions. Dalí explores consciousness, irrationality, and the relationship between waking and dreaming. The painting has become surrealism's most recognizable image.
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