Chevauchée céleste 1957

"Chevauchée céleste," or "Celestial Ride," by Salvador Dalí, shows us that everything is not as it seems. The artist uses oil paint, a classic medium, to create a scene that feels both familiar and utterly bizarre. Look at that rhino with its long, spindly legs—it's like something out of a dream, or maybe a nightmare, teetering between reality and fantasy. The colors are muted, almost like a faded photograph, which adds to the painting's eerie and otherworldly atmosphere. I wonder what Dalí was thinking when he created this scene. Did he want to make us question what is real and what is not? It reminds me of other surrealist painters who also pushed the boundaries of what painting could be. They were all in conversation with each other, riffing on ideas and techniques, inspiring each other to go further and further into the unknown. Ultimately, paintings like this remind us that art is about more than just what we see. It’s about what we feel, what we imagine, and what we question.