Modern Sculpture - The Surrealist Angel - Salvador Dali

A captivating limited edition bronze study of a winged figure, it's head in the form of a triangular star and its torso with a central void, the figure loosely draped with a shawl  from the waist down.

“Surrealist Angel” is a monumental bronze sculpture that represents the angel trope that permeated Dali’s works in all mediums. The winged androgynous figure can be seen as Dali’s response to the “Nike of Samothrace” in a surrealist exploration of the inner psyche. Dali saw angels as transcendently pure creatures that served as communicators between the artist and God. Further religious connotations can be read in the triangular head, which represented the triad of Dali’s homes in Figueras, Pubol and Port Lligat, as well as the deep rooted influence of the Holy Trinity. The mythical “Surrealist Angel” communicates a powerful statement of inspired creativity as gifted from the heavens. The angel is also a muse, one whose central void could mirror that of a guitar or an invisible heart in one’s artistic passions.