To Dalí, this image was symbolic of the new physics-the quantum world which exists as both particles and waves.
Recognising that matter was made up of atoms which did not touch each other, he sought to replicate this in his art at the time, with items suspended and not interacting with each other, such as in The Madonna of Port Lligat. To Dalí, however, the fish was a symbol of life.ĭalí had been greatly interested in nuclear physics since the first atomic bomb explosions of July 1945, and described the atom as his "favourite food for thought". The distorted human visage from the original painting is beginning to morph into another of the strange fish floating above it. The hands of the watches float above their dials, with several conical objects floating in parallel formations encircling the watches. The dead olive tree from which the soft watch hangs has also begun to break apart. Behind the bricks, the horns receding into the distance symbolise atomic missiles, highlighting that despite cosmic order, humanity could bring about its own destruction. These represent the breakdown of matter into atoms, a revelation in the age of quantum mechanics. The plane and block from the original is now divided into brick-like shapes that float in relation to each other, with nothing binding them. The landscape of Cadaqués is now hovering above the water. Disintegration depicts what is occurring both above and below the water's surface.
In this version, the landscape from the original work has been flooded with water. It was originally known as The Chromosome of a Highly-coloured Fish's Eye Starting the Harmonious Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, and first exhibited at the Carstairs Gallery in New York in 1954.
It is a 1954 re-creation of the artist's famous 1931 work The Persistence of Memory, and measures a diminutive 25.4 × 33 cm. La Desintegración de la Persistencia de la Memoria or The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory is an oil on canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory
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