nichole Vday (2-14)

A brief thought that popped into my mind while we were discussing out future 5-7 virtual page paper was what I would use as my text. In my last response, to which Doc Rog told me not to give up my love for Dali based on an article, I wrote about postmodern art and more specifically surrealist art by Salvatore Dali. Im coming to realize that I would love to compare Dali and explore his works through the symbolic lense of Lyotard and Habermas (perhaps one or two others if I see them fit as we digress further into the school year). Firstly, Lyotard seems relevant in my explorations of Dali because of his stance on anti-modernism. Dali was ahead of his time (or what was modern then) in drawing surreal art with personal symbolism (one that pops into mind is the most famous with the melting clocks which to him means that time isnt rigid but instead its flexible from person to person). Thus his movement toward what is anti-modern. Habermas, although I sensed that he was strongly opposed to crediting those who began post modern art, he still related to Dali in that, as we discussed in class, modernity is continual. We would no longer think that surrealist art is modern BUT Im interested in exploring "between the texts" and finding a better understanding of why it would no longer be considered modern and searching for what it means to be avante garde (that is to say if it still exists because some authors would argue differently. I find this to be a decent beginning to my project and something in two areas of study that im passionate about: postmodernism discussion and also Salvatore Dali. Please if anyone has any suggestions for how other authors might play into postmodern artist Dali, let me know it will be much appreciated!!!!!!!!