Da Li quidation of the Stereoil Process
Group of Paintings and Drawings
"'Spanish Flys Flying have Two Shadows"- The unRealist artist M. W. Kupka demonstrates why Spanish flies flying have two shadows while those in Dali's Hallucinogenic Toreador only have one. A laser-like beam secreted by Catalan chicanery connects the disparate objects." JS/DS
At the time, Dali was well known for his theories of
aurification and quantification. By creating images with the Stereoil
Process, these attributes assigned to images were expressed as
though his vision was run through a computer capable of such filtering.
At that time there were no computers available for
such an experiment unless he was paying. By focusing on one object
(the fly) one could readily understand that there should be two
shadows that overlap to create halftones.
It's these transparencies and patterns that were
used in other paintings by Dali to create the third dimension
in oil painting. Technology of the time was a stereo camera, slide
film and two projectors.Now that the technology has improved to
digital quality there is no reason to try to explain anything.
The images of the Stereoil Process were faithful
to their photographic counterparts.The new images will be created
by the newest, affordable tools.The new pictures will be done
after the drawings and paintings of the Stereoil Process have
been sold. They will be exhibited on the Internet at Carrot.com.