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See Philip Colbert’s Lobster Sculptures in the heart of Chelsea.

Philip Colbert’s solo show The Battle for Lobsteropolis at Saatchi Gallery shut shop about a week ago
but his lobsters are still splendid in Chelsea.

After a successful run at the famed London venue Colbert is showing four large-scale sculptures in Duke of York Square. The works will be on display until Monday 24th February, bringing Colbert’s unique and playful universe to the public realm while offering brilliant photo opportunities (including on Valentine’s Day) and a playful escape from the everyday.

The quartet of sculptures include Colbert’s alter ego pop lobster in a series of guises, encased in
a urinal, popping out of a Campbell’s Soup can, bedecked with sunflowers and festooned with flowers.
Colbert asserts that it was Duchamp’s fountain urinal—an artwork that revolutionized the art world
when it debuted in 2017—that originally inspired his desire to become an artist. So controversial was the
making and meaning of Duchamp’s urinal that it would forever alter the way the game of art was played.

Colbert who is often described as the “Godson of Andy Warhol, a moniker bequeathed to him by
the late, legendary Andre Leon Talley also references another of his pop heroes with a lobster artwork
bursting out of a Campbell’s Soup can. As few subjects can compete with the aesthetic appeal of flowers in their offer of abundant opportunities to explore colour and form, two additional sculptures see Colbert’s Lobster festooned in sunflowers and pop art florals.

Referencing his love of sunflowers, Colbert claims,

“I want my work to feel like a whirlwind of energy, and I think colour helps to achieve that. My work is, in
some ways, an homage to the power of a sunflower. When you look at a sunflower, it’s like radiant sunshine. It’s very empowering. I want my art to feel like that.”

After a solo exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, Philip Colbert now welcomes the public to immerse
themselves further in his Lobster art universe in the heart of Chelsea.

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