It's not Kiriko, it's de Chirico.

I completely forgot that Giorgio de Chirico's works were being exhibited at the local art museum.
It was a special exhibition featuring Western paintings,
and I had been praising them in my heart, thinking it was a good job for such a rural area👍.
By the time I realized it, it had already ended. I'm feeling down about how low my sensitivity is.

I like Dalí, but I also like de Chirico.
Chronologically, de Chirico was active a little before Dalí.
It was a time before the Surrealist movement had even begun.

De Chirico himself called his paintings "Metaphysical Art."
Metaphysical art.
His works are mysterious paintings where you can't tell if they are reality or fantasy.

He didn't spend his whole life painting them, though...
De Chirico painted his "Metaphysical Art" in the 1910s.
In terms of age, it was only for the ten years when he was in his 20s.

After that, de Chirico returned to classical realistic painting.
For some reason, in his later years, he repainted the "Metaphysical Art" he had created in the past.
And apparently, he insisted that the newly painted works were the "real ones."
Furthermore, he denied his earlier works, calling them "forgeries."

He ended up in court with art dealers over his forgery claims.
He even issued removal orders for all his past works held in museums.
It was quite an exciting life.

Unlike Dalí,
de Chirico was not the type to treat selling his work as a performance or business.
It seems he was famous for being "de Chirico the stubborn."

I like de Chirico's works because they are orderly, yet somehow strange and unsettling. They are unsettling, yet calming. It's mysterious.
I change my desktop wallpaper periodically, but right now, it's all set to de Chirico.

By the way, this work is "The Disquieting Muses."
The disquiet is still being conveyed even in the modern day, Maestro de Chirico.