Salvador Dalí has been widely revered as a genius of modern art because he used art to tear “reality” apart—melting time, bending bodies, and dragging the subconscious into the open. His meticulous technique made the irrational feel disturbingly real, forcing viewers to confront dream logic, desire, and paranoia as tangible experiences.
Being a true Genius, Dalí didn’t just make art—he turned himself and his surroundings into a living art presentation. By weaponizing spectacle, ego, and eccentricity, he blurred the line between artist and artwork, reshaping how creativity could exist beyond the canvas and into everyday life