Hands of Time

“Hands of Time” reconstructs Salvador Dali’s iconic image through hundreds of small sculptural hands in various poses, creating a tactile foundation before his portrait is sprayed across the surface. The hands, rendered in soft pinks and whites, form an intricate coded language – each gesture appearing to communicate something different, like a secret message waiting to be decoded.

Dali’s unmistakable profile, complete with his famous moustache, is overlaid in bold spray paint that bridges the gap between his surrealist legacy and contemporary street art. The piece plays with perception and reality in true Dali fashion – what appears to be a flat portrait reveals itself as a dimensional landscape of communicating hands, each one potentially holding part of a larger artistic message. It’s a tribute that uses the language of gesture to honor an artist who made us question everything we thought we knew.