00;05;00;04 - 00;05;11;16 Adam Benjamin I'm Adam Benjamin, and this is the Owsley Moment, brought to you by the David Owsley Museum of Art, the Ball State School of Art and IPR. 00;05;11;18 - 00;05;33;26 Adam Benjamin As you walk around the second floor of the David Owsley Museum of Art, you may come across the small room that is painted brilliant blue. In this room you'll find five small ceramic tiles that are vibrantly painted by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali. He created this collection of tiles in 1954, and each tile has its own evocative title: The Fiery Kiss, Guitars, The Pigeons, the Plant Sun, and The Starfish. 00;05;33;28 - 00;05;52;08 Adam Benjamin Dali was asked to create these tiles for a house where his firm in New York. He is largely known as one of the masters of surrealism, and used many symbols and motifs throughout his work to evoke dream states. Surrealists were inspired by the thoughts and visions of the subconscious mind, and used this inspiration to combine the realms of dream and fantasy with the everyday 00;05;52;10 - 00;06;12;15 Adam Benjamin Guitars, pigeons, suns, starfish and lips are all recurring symbols that Dali used in his surrealist art. He's better known as a painter, so seeing his work in ceramics is a unique experience that you can have at the David Owsley Museum of Art. 00;06;12;17 - 00;06;27;03 Credits We'd like to thank Ball State student Jaimie Wilson for her research. Find more information and listen to Past Moments online at Indiana Public Radio dot org slash owsley moment. And to learn more about the David Owsley Museum of Art, visit BSU edu slash DOMA.