Bidwell, Coby
Persistence of Memory
"Persistence of Memory" is a bronze sculpture by artist Salvador Dali. His use of the melting clocks represent "an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order".
Dali has said that the inspiration for the soft watches was not by the theory of relativity as some have suggested, but by the surrealist perception of a Camembert cheese melting in the sun.
Dali's sculptures were on display on the South Bank of the River Thames in London until early 2010.
Photographed spring 2008.
Persistence of Memory
"Persistence of Memory" is a bronze sculpture by artist Salvador Dali. His use of the melting clocks represent "an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order".
Dali has said that the inspiration for the soft watches was not by the theory of relativity as some have suggested, but by the surrealist perception of a Camembert cheese melting in the sun.
Dali's sculptures were on display on the South Bank of the River Thames in London until early 2010.
Photographed spring 2008.