March 15th, 2010 
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Temptation of Saint Anthony
One of his later works, Dali made claims that he had converted to mysticism. The Atomic era influenced his thinking and is manifested in this painting. A depiction of a naked Antonius wards off a mounted horse with long legs that defy the law of gravity. Saint Anthony tries to refuse earthy temptations. Floating elephants move towards the saint symbolizing lust and greed.
Portrait of Picasso
Dali incorporated all elements that depicted the origins of Picasso. In this painting, the bust of Picasso is mounted atop a pedestal, a symbol of consecration. A heavy rock rests on Picasso’s head symbolizing the impact and influence of his work. Picasso’s face is a goat hoof and the headdress of the bust of Lacy of Elche which pays tribute to Picasso’s birthplace.
Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon Surrealism Statue
An ode to Dali’s “soul’s glove”, not the soul or the inner self, this self-portrait portrays his face with ants and fried bacon. It was created during Dali’s eight-year-exile in the U.S. He fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War. During this time he painted from the inside out, and it appeared that he did a reversal on his “paranoid-critical method.” This painting symbolizes the Surrealist giving himself up as nourishment for the soul, providing in his own words the most “delicious delicacies.”
Geopolitical Child Watches Birth of New Human
In this work Dali creates a fiery Earth, a new human is born and is emerging from a plastic egg while a child looks on seeking the comfort of its mother; the painting symbolizes new order, a fresh start and a perfect world.
Poetry of America Cosmic Athletes
Asking mankind to think about the perils of war within the modern world, this painting symbolizes the new human with a golden man balancing an egg on his finger. The juxtaposition of the commonplace and fantastic again emphasizes Dali’s paranoid-critical method, a subconscious association of those things that are unrelated in conscious existence.
Burning Giraffe Woman with Drawers
This painting speaks to Dali’s internal conflict with his country during the period of time he was in the U.S. amidst the Spanish Civil War. Open drawers line the leg of a slender blue woman with extended arms, believed to represent the “open drawers” of man’s subconscious.
Dream Caused Flight of a Bee
This painting is of Dali’s wife, Gala unclothed and asleep. With slender legs, an elephant walks across the a watery horizon carrying an obelisk. Near her body, two drops of water and a small pomegranate are supsended in the air. ,From a larger pomegranate, a fish emerges that holds a tiger in its mouth from which another tiger comes out. Ahead of the second tiger, a rifle’s bayonet touches the women’s right arm. The work shows the influence of Sigmund Freud’s theories on the meanings of dreams and some believe is an interpretation of the Theory of Evolution.}
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