This is one of the exhibition’s most iconic works and is key in illustrating how the early surrealist practice of collaging together everyday objects into surprising hybrids led to innovative works of design. Dalí designed it for the home of British art collector Edward James, and it has been loaned to the Design Museum by the Edward James Foundation at West Dean College.
James commissioned eleven Lobster Telephones for his London townhouse, and worked closely with Dalí on the final choice of red and black and all-white colourways. The piece is often shown in isolation as an art sculpture, but in theexhibition you can see it next to a Mae West Lips sofa and Champagne Glass lamp – also designed by Dalí in close collaboration with James.
It's interesting to compare this piece with a work like Dali’s Mae West Lips sofa, which plays to a commercialised stereotype of female sexuality – passive, luscious, available. Oppenheim’s use of fur is no less erotic, but her bracelet has a feral, savage edge, which empowers the woman wearing it. The critical role that women played in surrealism is getting long overdue recognition now.
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