Mae West Room

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The Mae West Room is a surrealist installation by Salvador Dalí that forms the actress’s face when viewed from a specific vantage point, located inside the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation
surrealist artwork
creator Salvador Dalí
depicts face of Mae West
designedToBeViewedFrom specific vantage point
exhibitionType immersive environment
genre installation art
hasArtMovement Surrealism
hasColorDominance gold
red
hasComponent eye-shaped paintings
hair-like curtains
lip-shaped sofa
nose-shaped fireplace
platform viewing point
hasCulturalContext Hollywood cinema
hasFunction artistic representation of a human face as a room
hasLighting dramatic interior lighting
hasOpticalDevice anamorphosis
hasStyleCharacteristic illusionism
playful eroticism
theatricality
hasSubject Mae West
hasTheme celebrity
eroticism
optical illusion
hasViewingPlatformHeight elevated above floor level
inception 1974
inspiredBy Mae West
locatedIn Catalonia
Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres, Spain
surface form: Dalí Theatre-Museum

Figueres
Spain
museumSection main exhibition spaces of Dalí Theatre-Museum
openToPublic true
partOf Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres, Spain
surface form: Dalí Theatre-Museum permanent collection
relatedWork Mae West Lips Sofa
Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment
significance one of the most famous installations in the Dalí Theatre-Museum
touristAttraction true
usesMedium architectural elements
furniture
paint
visitorExperience viewers climb stairs to a platform to see the complete face
visualEffect forms Mae West’s face when viewed from a specific point

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Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres, Spain hasPart Mae West Room
subject surface form: Dalí Theatre-Museum