記憶的堅持（The persistence of memory）

Artist: Salvador Dali
Artist's Lifespan: 1904-1989
Title: The Persistence of Memory
Date: 1931
Location of Origin: Spain
Medium: Oil on canvas
Style: Surrealism
Genre: Landscape

簡介：
這幅畫可以說是達利作品中最有名的一幅，也是20世界繪畫史裡最為人所熟悉。雖然達利曾就這幅畫的由來作過些許說明，卻沒有提到太多能幫助觀者解開畫中謎題的關。根據達利的描述，有一天晚上他正品嚐著入口即溶的卡曼貝乳酪﹝Camembert Cheese﹞，腦海裡突然浮現出一富描繪「柔軟」的畫。當晚他在入睡前望著一富畫了一半的畫，發覺在那荒涼的沙漠風景上似手應該加上一些可以增添幾分活氣的東西。頓時「融化的時鐘個想法佔據了他的腦海，因此便花了花了兩個小時畫出這些時鐘。關於作品中蘊含的意義，藝評家們為些爭論不休，所提出的意見也是林林總總；有些人將它解釋為「表現出無法逆轉的時間流逝所帶來的強迫觀念」﹝因為其中一個時鐘覆蓋在人臉上的緣故﹞。但不論它原來的涵義為何， 或許根沒沒有意義，此幅既強烈又撼動人心的畫被視為超現實經典之作應不為過。

圖片及文字轉載自: http://vr.theatre.ntu.edu.tw/hlee/course/th9_1000/painter-wt/20century/dali-04.htm

Summary:
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) or The Persistence of Memory is the most famous painting by artist Salvador Dalí. The painting has also been popularly known as Soft Watches, Droopy Watches, The Persistence of Time or Melting Clocks.
It has been owned by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1934. It is, however, currently on display at the Salvador Dalí Museum, in St. Petersburg, Florida, (1 February–1 June 2008). The Persistence of Memory will return to Museum of Modern Art in June 2008 as part of the exhibition Dalí and Film, on view 29 June–15 September 2008.

Information get from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory