This study investigated the sublimation of latent expressions in the unconscious as art, and the process
of curing the obsession of paranoia through Salvador Dali’s representative paintings during the period of
paranoiac critical method from a psychoanalytic perspective. For this purpose, the study divided Salvador
Dali’s works during the period of paranoiac critical method into three types and analyzed them more
closely. The first is the discovery of the element of tragic death in The Angelus series. The dualistic
interpretation of ‘thanksgiving for the harvest’ and ‘memorial for the dead’ shows an analysis, completely
different from the existing interpretation of The Angelus by Millet. Second, there are works that show ‘the
actualization of fantasy’ with dual and multiple images. Works transformed with Salvador Dali’s own
critical method revealed the hidden side of the subconscious through the psychedelic images. Lastly, the
third is the expression of Dali’s Oedipus complex for his father, shown through Dali’s brutally stamping of
his love with strong self-attachment in his works. Thus, this study revisited Salvador Dali’s paranoiac
critical method from a psychoanalytic perspective, examining his artistically sublimated works and the
process of self-healing through various mindset changes.