Farewell To Surrealism

Salvador Dali's In 1936 sculpture of Lobster Telephone became one of the icons of the surrealistic movement. In its infancy surrealism was an elitist and largely misogynistic group of white middle-class men. The group’s founders believed themselves to be above the rest of society which begot a sense of entitlement to appropriate whatever they saw fit and turn it into a surrealistic object. Thankfully the past century has seen the ethos of our society advance dramatically, with emphasis on human rights, civil rights, and full autonomy for all of humanity. With the advent of animal welfare legislation, certain rights and respect have been afforded to all living creatures. In today’s world, even the lobster need no longer be afraid to say “I’m not your object”, as it climbs down from the telephone and crawls away – “Farewell To Surrealism”.