Salvador Dalí "Un Chien Andalou"

From: Los Angeles County Museum of Art Limited Edition: 25 Exhibition: Dalí: Painting & Film Material: Printed 2-ply vinyl Dimensions: 35" x 96" (88cm x 243cm) Hanging Hardware Included Summary This banner features a still from Dalí's 1929 short created in collaboration wtih director Luis Buñuel, "Un Chien Andalou" (An Andalousian Dog). A man holds open an woman's eye while wielding a razor blade. The banner spares us the moment of the cutting, but exudes the exquisite tension of the moment before it arrives. The black and white still repeats three times on the banners, replicating Dalí's vision in triplicate. Description Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí painted dream worlds of his own creation. Barren landscapes dotted with melting clocks and silly-puttyesque nudes were par for the course. The recent exhibition Dalí: Painting and Film, however, explored the closely intertwined relationships of his painted images to "moving" pictures. As a lover of film as well an occasional screen