March 30th 2025 | DAF

Les delices petits martyrs (from Les diners de Gala suite) | Salvador Dali, 1971

Winner, Winner! Elephant Dinner!

This is like an elevated version of when parents pretend that the spoon is a airplane or train to get their children to eat something. If I was being served a dish via elephant, then I would have no choice but to as least try a bite. I appreciate how each of the elephants are dressed to match the food they are carrying. It is interesting to see how the different food dishes are interpreted as elephant dressings. Unsure if the elephants are participating in this willingly, but this is a piece of art depicting something that not only never happened but also realistically could never happen, so therefore I am willing to put the feelings of the fictional elephants to the side.

Side Note: the pencil design at the bottom that appears to be mimicking a plaque of sorts keeps grabbing by eye. A giant spoon being displayed in the air, and an extravagantly dressed man having his cape’s train being carried as they appear to be on some kind of trek. So random, so fun.