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Where on Earth (Week 10): Dalí Museum, Figueres, Spain
Where on Earth indeed! Who else but Salvador Dalí could design such a bizarre building?
The eccentric Spanish artist personally dreamed up "the largest surrealistic object in the world" in Figueres, Spain to house his artwork after he died.
The Dalí Museum contains 4,000 works of art and is undoubtedly the largest such collection in the world.
When I was younger, I was a big fan of the artist's surrealist landscapes and paintings and was therefore excited to learn about this museum just a two-hour train ride from Barcelona. It's an easy day trip to what is one of the most unique museums in the world. The whole structure is in fact a Dalí creation and when I visited I felt as though I'd stepped right into one of his paintings.
But it's not all paintings hanging on walls. As you can see from the photo above, Dalí focused on the three-dimensional aspects of his art in creating his museum; everywhere I turned while walking through it, I was confronted by so many bizarre sculptures, statues, eggs, and other surrealistic eye-candy that I was starting to wonder if I was actually on drugs instead of in Spain.
Congrats go out to Goran, Jim Rennie, and Rich for all nailing the location last Wednesday. Good work guys!
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Spain, Where on Earth
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
K Jun 2nd 2007 3:22AM
One of THE most amazing places I've ever visited.
Not only was he a master painter and artisan, he was also pretty good at illusions, as shown by some of his tricks built right into the museum.
If you ever get a chance to visit, do it!