Dali, known for his mind-bending surrealist paintings, chose a semi-straightforward approach for his "Three Sphinxes of Bikini." Representing the contamination of the Micronesian island (Bikini) after 23 nuclear tests were conducted by the United States after WWII. A couple hundred locals were relocated to the United States before the tests and brought back after the "emissions had cleared", yet levels of radioactivity were still dangerously high. Dali portrays three staggered objects which all look like human heads from afar. Close up, it becomes clear the "head" in the foreground is actually a nuclear cloud; the "head" behind the first-- two intertwined trees, and the head in the background is the only actual head...or so it seems...
I attempted to depict Dali's art and the constant push and pull between man and nature through a highly stylized broccoli battle.
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