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Dali invades New York and Chicago! New exhibit blends iconic landmarks with surrealist #dreamscapes .
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The image is a surreal dreamscape of #NewYork City and #Chicago , #reimagined through the lens of #SalvadorDalí and other famous #surrealist artists. #Skyscrapers melt and morph into each other, their steel and glass bodies dripping like #Dali 's iconic clocks. The once-rigid grid of the streets is replaced by a winding #labyrinth , cobbled with human teeth and eyes. In the distance, the Chicago Bean #transforms into a #giant , watchful #eyeball , its reflective surface distorted into a #funhouse mirror of the city. The #Chrysler Building sprouts long, spindly legs and stalks across the skyline like a metallic #grasshopper .
Floating amidst this chaos are gravity-defying sculptures reminiscent of René Magritte's bowler-hatted figures and #Alberto Giacometti's elongated forms. They hover and pirouette, their expressions a mix of #amusement and existential dread.