Question

Birth of Liquid Desires by Salvador Dali. A melted artist palette has a man resting inside with two other figures holding each other and another reaching through the melted palette.
How does the artist of the image above express the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind?
a.
by using specific colors to represent each
b.
by using strange and uneasy juxtaposition
c.
by using a different style of paint
d.
all of the above

Answer 1

b.

Dali uses surreal, uneasy juxtapositions and dreamlike imagery (melting forms, unexpected combinations) to suggest the interplay between conscious and subconscious minds.