We took a tour to the Town of Figueres which has a population of approximately 45,000.  The town is beautiful and located  approximately 2 hours away from Barcelona. The town of Figueres is also the hometown of Salvador Dali. The Dali museum is located there and was created when Dali was alive. It holds the largest collection of Dali art in the world.

We arrived at the Dali museum and saw this very unique building. The structure itself is a piece of art and reflects Dali’s style.

We entered the museum and was amazed by the dynamic and strange displays of Dali art. The main entrance introduces you to the creative, complexity and strange world of Dali. It took us time to observe all the areas of the entrance seeing new things at every turn.

The museum was like a maze with different and amazing items at every turn. Some of the displays required a second or third look to see the layers of complexity in them. You would walk through a doorway and not realize that the doorway was a piece of art.

In Dali’s later life he lived In his home town of Figueres until he passed away at 85. He was entombed in the Dali museum and is part of the exhibits on display.

In one area of the museum, we came across a mural painted by Dali on the ceiling that was beautiful and very intriguing. The painting which is called “ The palace of the winds” was done by Dali when the building was a theater in 1970. The mural alludes to the Catalonian poem about the rain that falls when the west wind turns to become the east wind. In the poem, the east wind has a married lady love in the west and whenever he beholds her he turns about again and returns weeping.

Other areas of the museum were quirky and strange. We went into a room that had Dali’s signature” lip couch” on display.

We noticed a set of stairs that had a lens overlooking the display. We went up the stairs and checked it out. The image changed to a full face.

The whole museum was more of a surreal walk into the mind of Dali. Here are some of the unique things we saw.

There were many different and unique pieces of art. What was even more amazing was that Dali also designed jewelry and dresses for his wife “Gala”. The creativity of the jewelry and dresses was truly amazing. Below are a few samples of the jewelry and dresses he designed.

 

It was a great museum and was an experience we enjoyed immensely.

“Adios y que tenga un gran dia”