The Persistence of Memory and Gelatin Silver Print Similarities and Differences

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The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) has a vast collection of artworks and oil paintings, thus significantly influencing historical studies. The museum plays a critical role in developing and collecting modern art as one of the most influential archives globally (Grossman & Bonnell, 2009). Surrealism was an avant-garde movement in literature and art during the 20th century that sought to release creative potential in the juxtaposition of art. Notably, Surrealists focused on overthrowing the various oppressive rules in modern society through demolishing rational thinking. The Persistence of Memory and Gelatin Silver Print are artistic works of the surrealist era with notable similarities and differences in their portrayal.
The Persistence of Memory is one of the most famous paintings as an overnight sensation for its exhibition in New York. Julien Levy, gallerist champion of the surrealists, proclaimed the depiction as Dali dynamite. Later, Dali recounted its genesis as soft watches. The painting has three pocket watches that hang flaccidly on a deduced tree branch. Besides, The Persistence of Memory has an eerily dreamlike quality to showcase the interest of Dali. In such a case, it would be possible for the artist to explore ways the mind interprets the importance of sexuality and the reality of sexuality for the human psyche.
Besides, The Persistence of Memory has natural elements, such as an olive tree, mountains, and landscape, as a relic of transition from a realistic dimension to a dream one, which is one of the passages in Dali’s mind. A white figure lies on the ground and appears like a closed eyelid. However, most viewers interpret the white figure as one of the self-portraits of ...