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EN: This time, PmP team decided to pay homage to Salvador Dalí, a famous Spanish surrealist painter famous for, among other things, his mustache. Eccentric both in his paintings and in real life, he employed extensive symbolism in his work. For example, the melting watches (his frequent subject) suggest Einsten’s theory that time is relative, and not fixed. Eggs (hope and love), elephants, ants (death, decay and immense sexual desire), snails and locusts (waste and fear) are also very common themes in his paintings. There is a very famous photograph of Dalí called “Dalí Atomicus”, made by Philippe Halsman. It explores the idea of suspension, depicting three cats flying, a bucket of thrown water, and Dalí in mid air. It took 28 attempts before a satisfactory result was achieved. Poor cats.
HR: Ovog puta PmP ekipa je odlučila odati počast Salvadoru Dalíju, čuvenom španjolskom slikaru, najpoznatijem predstavniku nadrealizma. Ekcentričan kako u svojim slikama, tako i u privatnom životu, često je koristio simbolizam u svojim radovima. Na primjer, njegovi mekani (tekući) satovi simboliziraju Einstein-ovu teoriju da je vrijeme relativno, a ne fiksno. Jaja (nada i ljubav), slonovi, mravi (smrt i iznimna seksualna žudnja), puževi, skakavac (strah i ispraznost) su vrlo česte teme na njegovim slikama. Čuvena je I fotografija Dalíja po imenu Dalí Atomicus (autor Philippe Halsman). Istražuje ideju suspenzije u zraku, a prikazuje tri mačke koje lete (u stvari bačene u sliku od strane asistenata), prolivenu vodu iz kante, i Dalíja u skoku. Trebalo je 28 pokušaja da fotograf postigne zadovoljavajući rezultat. Jadne mačke.
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