Salvador Dali Perspective Of A Bust Analysis

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Salvador Dali Retrospective Of A Bust is now held at the Museum of Modern Art. Salvador Dali's work is a feminist manifesto. The Piece is also a surrealist piece. The piece centers around a disembodied women, and the various food that cover her. Sat on top of the women is, bread and corn. Salvador Dali said, that the food was representative of the women being objects. More specifically, the women being an object for consumption. Surrealism is art work that centers on the human body. Amputation or manipulation are usually present in surrealist pieces. In Salvador Dali's work Retrospective Of A Bust, this theme is present. The sculpture based largely in marble features a woman from the bust up, hence the title. In a unique fashion the woman

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