Dalí completed this painting in 1937.
The painting shows Narcissus sitting in a pool, gazing
down. Not far away there is a decaying stone figure which corresponds closely
to him but is perceived quite differently; as a hand holding up a bulb or egg
from which a Narcissus is growing. The egg has been used as a symbol for
sexuality in other paintings by Dalí.
Relenting, the gods immortalised him as the
narcissus (daffodil) flower. For this picture Dalí used a meticulous technique
which he described as 'hand-painted colour photography' to depict with
hallucinatory effect the transformation of Narcissus, kneeling in the pool, into
the hand holding the egg and flower. Narcissus as he was before his
transformation is seen posing in the background.
I don't really enjoy looking at this painting because its confusing to my eye, there is so much happening at once and it isn't making any sense to me.
This piece reminds me of a board game.
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