My dad and I arrived in Figueres, a city 30 minutes north of Girona by train, in the late afternoon. My dad is a huge Salvador Dali fanatic and we have a couple pieces of recreations of his art hanging in our kitchen back in Chicago. I've never been into art too much but he was excited to go so I went with him. Off the train Figueres looked like a small urban area with an old population. As we got closer to the center of the city where there is a huge tower and a castle, I realized that there really weren't any store fronts advertising in Spanish and nobody around me was speaking Spanish. All signs were in Catalan and the people only spoke Catalan. We followed signs and crowds to the Dali Museum. Right out front was an older gentlemen playing the accordion. He was spectacular and I had to take a picture of him. I think the accordion looks like one of the hardest instruments to play and since being in Catalonia I've come across several street performers who play this instrument. We found the museum relatively quickly and paid the fee to go inside. Immediately We are crowded with high school students from all across Catalonia who also came to see the museum. As somebody
who prides himself on not knowing anything about art, I believe that the Dali Museum in Figueres is the coolest museum, of any sort, that I have ever been too. I could not fathom the sorts of artwork he had created. What went through his mind? How could a human being possibly create such artwork? It blew my mind. Also, I could not believe how many pieces of art he created. There must have been hundreds of paintings and sculptures. My favorite piece of art that I saw was perhaps the one pictured at the bottom of the page. I enjoy it so much because in order to see the whole artwork I had to do a little work. The "eyes", the nose, the mouth and the hair are all located separate from each other. I had to climb a staircase and stand on a platform to take a picture of the whole artwork. I had never experienced anything like that. After seeing Dali's art, I now have a new appreciation for his work and will try to understand the artwork of other artists that I am exposed to.
My dad and I arrived in Figueres, a city 30 minutes north of Girona by train, in the late afternoon. My dad is a huge Salvador Dali fanatic and we have a couple pieces of recreations of his art hanging in our kitchen back in Chicago. I've never been into art too much but he was excited to go so I went with him. Off the train Figueres looked like a small urban area with an old population. As we got closer to the center of the city where there is a huge tower and a castle, I realized that there really weren't any store fronts advertising in Spanish and nobody around me was speaking Spanish. All signs were in Catalan and the people only spoke Catalan. We followed signs and crowds to the Dali Museum. Right out front was an older gentlemen playing the accordion. He was spectacular and I had to take a picture of him. I think the accordion looks like one of the hardest instruments to play and since being in Catalonia I've come across several street performers who play this instrument. We found the museum relatively quickly and paid the fee to go inside. Immediately We are crowded with high school students from all across Catalonia who also came to see the museum. As somebody
who prides himself on not knowing anything about art, I believe that the Dali Museum in Figueres is the coolest museum, of any sort, that I have ever been too. I could not fathom the sorts of artwork he had created. What went through his mind? How could a human being possibly create such artwork? It blew my mind. Also, I could not believe how many pieces of art he created. There must have been hundreds of paintings and sculptures. My favorite piece of art that I saw was perhaps the one pictured at the bottom of the page. I enjoy it so much because in order to see the whole artwork I had to do a little work. The "eyes", the nose, the mouth and the hair are all located separate from each other. I had to climb a staircase and stand on a platform to take a picture of the whole artwork. I had never experienced anything like that. After seeing Dali's art, I now have a new appreciation for his work and will try to understand the artwork of other artists that I am exposed to.
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