Heather James Fine Art is honored to present an exclusive exhibition of sculptures by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), representing the great Catalan genius’ iconographic images in three dimensional form. All of the sculptures were cast at prestigious international foundries in Europe, using the age old lost wax technique. Intricate detail can be achieved using this traditional method of casting bronze, which has its roots in ancient times and dates back as far as 5,000 BC.

Dalí discovered modern painting at the age of twelve, and the following year his father organized an exhibition of his charcoal drawings in their family home. He had his first public exhibition in 1919 and entered art school in 1922. However, shortly before his final exams Dalí was expelled when he stated that, “no one on the faculty was competent enough to examine him."

During one of his many trips to Paris in the late 1920s, Dalí met and worked alongside artists such as Picasso, Miro and Magritte. Through his many artistic experimentations with Impressionism, Dadaism, Cubism, and Futurism, Dalí finally settled into and became the leader of Surrealism. In 1934, Dalí was introduced to America by art dealer Julien Lev, where his exhibition, including the iconic painting Persistence of Memory, created an immediate sensation. Dalí was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior. His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes drew more attention than his artwork.

On display at the gallery are more than a dozen exquisite examples of the artist’s surrealist forms and figures including four monumental sculptures. Highlights of the exhibition include Dance of Time III, a large-scale sculpture based on the melting watch in the infamous "Persistence of Memory” painting, representing the artist’s fantastical relationship with time; Homage to Newton, a symbolic figure holding a dangling sphere which pays respect to Newton’s discovery of the law of gravity; and Space Venus, an homage to the female figure.

Although most known for his dream-like surrealistic imagery, Dalí was actually a man of hard sciences. His explorations of these dichotomies; where time becomes fluid rather than linear and laws of gravity are overturned, expose the complexity of his mind.