START WITH ART: Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment

Good morning! We begin each day by examining a piece of art from history. Today’s artwork is pictured below. Take a look, then read the questions to the students/children in your life and watch how starting the day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment

Artist: Salvador Dalí

Date: 1934-35

Medium: Gouache with graphite, on commercially printed magazine page

Dimensions: 28.3 × 17.8 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• Do you see both the face and the apartment? How does the artist convey both? 

• The woman's features are used to create objects. What are her lips creating in the apartment? Her nose? Her hair? Her chin?

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