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No Title (Table and Four Chairs) is a multi-part sculpture of a dining room set, enlarged to three times its original size. It consists of five objects: one table and four chairs, which are arranged around the respective sides of the table, drawn out slightly to leave a space in each case between the table edge and chair leg. The colossal sculpture stands over ten feet high, tall enough for viewers to walk easily beneath its vast expanse. Dining Bench, Dining Chairs, Dining Set, Dining Room, Oversized Furniture, Oversized Art, Tate Modern, Everyday Objects, Room Set
Robert Therrien, No Title (Table and Four Chairs) 2003
No Title (Table and Four Chairs) is a multi-part sculpture of a dining room set, enlarged to three times its original size. It consists of five objects: one table and four chairs, which are arranged around the respective sides of the table, drawn out slightly to leave a space in each case between the table edge and chair leg. The colossal sculpture stands over ten feet high, tall enough for viewers to walk easily beneath its vast expanse.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Enjoy your breakfast in the company of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí with this novel set of egg cups. Made from porcelain and decorated in bright colours, they are the perfect addition to your weekend breakfast table. Salvador Dali, Newcastle, Popular Artists, Gifts For An Artist, Egg Cups, Modern Artists, Cutting Edge Design, China Porcelain, Painted Porcelain
Frida Kahlo & Salvador Dalí egg cups
Enjoy your breakfast in the company of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí with this novel set of egg cups. Made from porcelain and decorated in bright colours, they are the perfect addition to your weekend breakfast table.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Dalí’s disturbing, imaginary landscapes often contain references to his own life. Forgotten Horizon is a typical example, drawing upon memories of childhood holidays on the beach at Rosas on the Costa Brava. The striding woman in the distance is his cousin, Carolinetta, while the dancing figures in the foreground were inspired by a picture on a postcard. Dalí intended the effect to be hallucinatory, with the figures appearing as if projected onto a prepared background or theatrical set. Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dali Art, At Madrid, Dali Paintings, Modern Surrealism, Dancing Figures, Tate Gallery, Art Database, Illustration
Salvador Dalí's Forgotten Horizon 1936
Dalí’s disturbing, imaginary landscapes often contain references to his own life. Forgotten Horizon is a typical example, drawing upon memories of childhood holidays on the beach at Rosas on the Costa Brava. The striding woman in the distance is his cousin, Carolinetta, while the dancing figures in the foreground were inspired by a picture on a postcard. Dalí intended the effect to be hallucinatory, with the figures appearing as if projected onto a prepared background or theatrical set.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
In the 1950s, Duchamp made a small number of moulded objects, based on male and female genitalia. They exemplify his fascination with sexual ambiguity. In this sculpture, the metal ‘wedge’ and the pink plastic slit-form can be seen as expressing male-female, inside-outside dualities in union. Duchamp made the original version in 1954 as a wedding present for his second wife. It is reported that the couple kept it displayed on a bedside table and travelled with it, ‘like a wedding ring’. Mono Ha, Conceptual Art, Surreal Art, Outdoors Tattoo, Presents For Him, Pink Plastic, Visionary Art, Famous Artists
Marcel Duchamp's Wedge of Chastity 1954, cast 1963
In the 1950s, Duchamp made a small number of moulded objects, based on male and female genitalia. They exemplify his fascination with sexual ambiguity. In this sculpture, the metal ‘wedge’ and the pink plastic slit-form can be seen as expressing male-female, inside-outside dualities in union. Duchamp made the original version in 1954 as a wedding present for his second wife. It is reported that the couple kept it displayed on a bedside table and travelled with it, ‘like a wedding ring’.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
A figure sleeps in a wooden alcove above a dark cloudy sky. The way into this space is barred by a tablet embedded with everyday objects, which are displayed as in a children’s book. These objects are presented as if dreamed by the sleeper. As Magritte knew, some or all of them could also be read as Freudian symbols. This combination of different possible interpretations adds to the painting’s suggestion of unease and disorientation. Rene Magritte, René François Ghislain Magritte, Magritte Paintings, The Reckless, The Ancient Magus, Artwork Painting, Modern Wall Art
René Magritte's The Reckless Sleeper 1928
A figure sleeps in a wooden alcove above a dark cloudy sky. The way into this space is barred by a tablet embedded with everyday objects, which are displayed as in a children’s book. These objects are presented as if dreamed by the sleeper. As Magritte knew, some or all of them could also be read as Freudian symbols. This combination of different possible interpretations adds to the painting’s suggestion of unease and disorientation.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Tanguy joined the surrealist movement in 1925, the year after its foundation. Despite his lack of training, he began to paint and soon achieved an astonishing technical precision, depicting vast dream-like spaces. The foreground in Azure Day is occupied by grouped and piled forms that defy rational explanation. They have been associated with the ancient standing stones of Tanguy’s native Brittany. Denver Art Museum, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Yves Tanguy, Art Cart, Art Terms, Max Ernst, Perspective Art, Mark Rothko
Yves Tanguy's Azure Day 1937
Tanguy joined the surrealist movement in 1925, the year after its foundation. Despite his lack of training, he began to paint and soon achieved an astonishing technical precision, depicting vast dream-like spaces. The foreground in Azure Day is occupied by grouped and piled forms that defy rational explanation. They have been associated with the ancient standing stones of Tanguy’s native Brittany.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Take your coffee to go with this playful Salvador Dalí travel mug. The double walled ceramic mug and durable silicone lid ensure it is perfect for keeping your beverages hot on cold winter mornings. Hepworth Wakefield, Dali Art, Coffee To Go, Beakers, Russian Doll, Design Thinking, Giftware, Ceramic Cups
Salvador Dali ceramic travel mug
Take your coffee to go with this playful Salvador Dalí travel mug. The double walled ceramic mug and durable silicone lid ensure it is perfect for keeping your beverages hot on cold winter mornings.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Two faceless figures are devouring each other. As their heads and bodies merge, they dig knives and spoons into each other’s flesh. The surrounding landscape is Empordà, in Catalonia, where Dalí was born. The mutually destructive embrace may be a comment on the Spanish Civil War, which began a few months before Autumnal Cannibalism was painted. The apple on the head of the male figure relates to the legend of William Tell, in which a father is forced to shoot at his son. Optical Illusion Paintings, Vermeer Paintings, Salvador Dali Paintings, Autumn Illustration, Horror, Album Art, Sculpture, Cool Artwork
Salvador Dalí, Autumnal Cannibalism 1936
Two faceless figures are devouring each other. As their heads and bodies merge, they dig knives and spoons into each other’s flesh. The surrounding landscape is Empordà, in Catalonia, where Dalí was born. The mutually destructive embrace may be a comment on the Spanish Civil War, which began a few months before Autumnal Cannibalism was painted. The apple on the head of the male figure relates to the legend of William Tell, in which a father is forced to shoot at his son.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
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Dorothea Tanning Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202 1970–3
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Tate Gallery
Desmond Morris trained as a scientist extensively on zoological subjects. He became interested in art during the 1940s at Birmingham University where he met Conroy Maddox and other Surrealist artists. Morris, Birmingham Museum, Birmingham University, 70s Sci Fi Art, Popular Authors, Support Art, Art Uk, British Art
Desmond Morris, The Arena 1976
Desmond Morris trained as a scientist extensively on zoological subjects. He became interested in art during the 1940s at Birmingham University where he met Conroy Maddox and other Surrealist artists.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The objects in this painting appear to be a metal sheet with bells, a paper cut-out and two balusters (Magritte referred to similar objects in his paintings as bilboquets, a French stick and ball game). Their enlargement and conjunction with the landscape creates a feeling of incongruity recalling the experience of dreams. The title, The Annunciation, may have been suggesting that something is about to happen, an expectation that is central to the eerie quality of this strange landscape. What Is Surrealism, Surrealism Painting, Construction Wallpaper, Art Viewer, Heroic Fantasy, Arte Popular
René Magritte, The Annunciation 1930
The objects in this painting appear to be a metal sheet with bells, a paper cut-out and two balusters (Magritte referred to similar objects in his paintings as bilboquets, a French stick and ball game). Their enlargement and conjunction with the landscape creates a feeling of incongruity recalling the experience of dreams. The title, The Annunciation, may have been suggesting that something is about to happen, an expectation that is central to the eerie quality of this strange landscape.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
Dorothea Tanning, Amagansett, New York, photograph by Robert Motherwell, 1945, © Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Perhaps more a moment of performance art than an actual hat... Robert Motherwell, Robert Mapplethorpe, Creative Photography, Art Photography, Fashion Photography, Brigitte Lacombe, Muse
Dorothea Tanning, Amagansett, New York - Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning, Amagansett, New York, photograph by Robert Motherwell, 1945, © Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Perhaps more a moment of performance art than an actual hat...
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John Armstrong, Dreaming Head 1938
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
S is for surrealism. The movement that rejected rationality in favour of unfettered fantasy of the unconscious. A play on Dalí's classic surrealist object the Lobster Telephone. Mug Drawing, Alphabet Mugs, Framed Words, World 7, 3d Artwork, Small Words, Surrealist, Unframed Prints, Mug Cup
Surrealism mug
S is for surrealism. The movement that rejected rationality in favour of unfettered fantasy of the unconscious. A play on Dalí's classic surrealist object the Lobster Telephone.
Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery