Time is running out for Vancouverites to view one of Salvador Dalí’s original works. On display at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver until the end of November, the seven-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a melting clock titled Dance of Time is part of a series the iconic Spanish artist created near the end of his life.
Chali-Rosso Art Gallery has been hosting the $750,000 piece since May in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. Here on loan from the Stratton Institute of Switzerland, it was first placed at Hornby and West Hastings Street before being moved into the hotel lobby. Meant to represent the extremes of time and timelessness, the inspiration for the symbolic image came to Dalí as he was finishing a meal and noticed some leftover cheese melting in the Spanish sun (yup, it really is all about the cheddar). He formed Dance of Time using the lost wax process—an ancient method used to cast bronze sculptures.
If you’d like to explore further, an additional 21 of the Surrealist’s gallery-size sculptures are being featured at Chali-Rosso (a quick walk away on Howe Street) as part of the Definitely Dalí project. Public donations and a portion of gallery sales during the exhibit are being gifted to Arts Umbrella, a not-for-profit art education centre for children and youth. Art for the win. —Rachel Johnston
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