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"El Toisón de Oro" by Wolfgang Paalen (1937) a painting whispers a conversation between the subconscious and the visible world.
At first glance, the work feels like a dense, mysterious ritual, a dream where forms flicker between meaning and unmeaning. Paalen was not painting objects; he was painting states of existence — internal landscapes where logic dissolves and instinct speaks.
The title, El Toisón de Oro (The Golden Fleece), recalls the ancient myth of Jason and the Argonauts, where the golden fleece symbolizes ultimate achievement, heroic destiny, or spiritual enlightenment. But in Paalen's vision, the fleece is not a shining prize on a pedestal; it is buried, fragmented, perhaps even forgotten. In this inversion, the painting tells a different, more haunting story about the human mind: the quest for meaning is not linear — it is chaotic, painful, filled with illusions and half-seen truths.
The swirling organic textures, the way forms seem to melt into and out of each other, suggest a world where nothing is fully separate — an echo of the human psyche itself. Memories, desires, fears, myths: all overlap and clash within us. The brain does not neatly organize life; it collides it, blends it, shatters it into dreams.
In this sense, El Toisón de Oro becomes a mirror.
It asks:
— What is it that we are really seeking?
— Is it glory? Redemption? The truth about ourselves?
— Or are we simply chasing after symbols, golden illusions, stitched from our own hunger?
Paalen’s work whispers that the golden fleece we search for may not be out there in the world at all.
It might be the fragile, elusive understanding of who we are — a thing never fully grasped, always transforming.
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Siru is a Berlin-based DJ who has found his love in the sounds of bassy, sonorous and melodic songs. His credo is
With this he wants to express that everyone should listen to and follow their own rhythm and that his music should tell the listener a musical story in which they can surrender to the flow of their thoughts. In each set he tries to give his musical direction a different touch.
Follow the artist:
@siru_music
https://www.instagram.com/siru_music/
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By Le Musée"El Toisón de Oro" by Wolfgang Paalen (1937) a painting whispers a conversation between the subconscious and the visible world.
At first glance, the work feels like a dense, mysterious ritual, a dream where forms flicker between meaning and unmeaning. Paalen was not painting objects; he was painting states of existence — internal landscapes where logic dissolves and instinct speaks.
The title, El Toisón de Oro (The Golden Fleece), recalls the ancient myth of Jason and the Argonauts, where the golden fleece symbolizes ultimate achievement, heroic destiny, or spiritual enlightenment. But in Paalen's vision, the fleece is not a shining prize on a pedestal; it is buried, fragmented, perhaps even forgotten. In this inversion, the painting tells a different, more haunting story about the human mind: the quest for meaning is not linear — it is chaotic, painful, filled with illusions and half-seen truths.
The swirling organic textures, the way forms seem to melt into and out of each other, suggest a world where nothing is fully separate — an echo of the human psyche itself. Memories, desires, fears, myths: all overlap and clash within us. The brain does not neatly organize life; it collides it, blends it, shatters it into dreams.
In this sense, El Toisón de Oro becomes a mirror.
It asks:
— What is it that we are really seeking?
— Is it glory? Redemption? The truth about ourselves?
— Or are we simply chasing after symbols, golden illusions, stitched from our own hunger?
Paalen’s work whispers that the golden fleece we search for may not be out there in the world at all.
It might be the fragile, elusive understanding of who we are — a thing never fully grasped, always transforming.
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Siru is a Berlin-based DJ who has found his love in the sounds of bassy, sonorous and melodic songs. His credo is
With this he wants to express that everyone should listen to and follow their own rhythm and that his music should tell the listener a musical story in which they can surrender to the flow of their thoughts. In each set he tries to give his musical direction a different touch.
Follow the artist:
@siru_music
https://www.instagram.com/siru_music/