BULLFIGHT SET 1966

Inspired from Picasso's "Tauromachie", these etchings epitomize Dali's style with their burlesque touches. Bishops are seen blessing macabre parades, where the bull ends up in a grand piano, while a hallucinogenic matador, like a sad clown, gazes at the audience. Parrots and fish turn into toreadors, while a burning giraffe , a lion or a statue stand in the arena. Lastly, a hudge monster coming out of a television set devours the whole scene. A catalan theme revisited by Picasso, then "Dalinized", the "Surréalist Bullfight" is seen as a ghoulish, delirious farce.

dali bullfight etching the statue
dali bullfight etching the mills
dali bullfight etching piano under the snow
THE STATUE 154
THE MILLS 155
PIANO UNDER THE SNOW 156
dali bullfight etching the parrots
dali bullfight etching television
dali bullfight etching burning giraffe
PARROTS 157
TELEVISION 158
BURNING GIRAFFE 159
dali bullfight etching bullfight with drawers
BULLFIGHT WITH DRAWERS 160