It’s always interesting to see how art looks different when you see it in real life, and I had the privilege of seeing Lobster Telephone in person when I studied abroad in London.
With that said, the picture absolutely does it justice. Lobster Telephone looks exactly like that. You’re pretty much getting the full experience here.
Huh, I figured there would have to be something more interesting, like maybe from a different angle? It’s not that I’m questioning the surrealism of the expression, just had hoped for, more?
Is this just a simple combined piece, or did Dali create the phone or lobster from scratch?
I couldn’t recall, so I looked it up. Apparently the lobsters were custom made from plaster. Dali came up with the idea and design for it, but didn’t do the sculpting himself.
In person it looked to me like an old toy, with the paint a bit faded.
But yeah, it’s exactly as described. Lobster. Telephone. Didn’t even strike me as all that whimsical. Frivolous, but straightforward and not especially fun. Maybe that’s the point for some reason.
Thanks!
or did Dali create the phone … from scratch?
LOL, do you think he wanted to get sued by AT&T? 'Cause in 1938, that’s how you get sued by AT&T, since it was decades before the Carterfone decision.
('Course, it was decades before Hush-A-Phone too, for that matter, but I assume he got away with it because it was a one-off art piece.)
He made ten versions apparently, so not quite one-off; but art nonetheless
Hello yes this is the lobster line
You’ll have to speak up, I’m using a lobster
Wow. Now I finally understand this lyric [Aphrodisiac Jacket](The Cult – Aphrodisiac Jacket Lyrics | Genius Lyrics https://share.google/hwzKGJzG60Rn3i0dL)
Who am I kidding? That song is still awesomely weird.
