Surrealism at V&A

Dali fan's will love the new surrealism exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum. The exhibition isn't just about paintings but talks about the surrealist way of life. Everyday objects like the lobster telephone, the lip -sofa, billionaire homes with strange perspectives - you get the general idea. Also costumes and set designs by Chirico and lots of Miro paintings.
Freudian sexual theories - the works. Meaningless gossip: Gala, who lived with her surrealist poet husband, inspired her lover Max Ernst who happened to be the husband's friend later married Salvador Dali.
The fashion history enthusiast in me loved the Schiaparelli dresses. The one with butterfly print was divine for summer. She collaborated on a lot of prints with Dali, the famous lobster print dress was chosen by Wallis Simpson for her trousseau and Cecil Beaton shot it! Surprisingly Vogue and Harpers Bazaar also dedicated a lot of covers and fashion pages to surrealism. Amazing example of a period when fashion met art. I was very inspired by Man Ray's photograph of a beautiful woman in the wheelbarrow.



Model wearing Vionnet evening gown with wheelbarrow by Oscar Dominguez
1937

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Nearest tube: South Kensington

Cost : 5 pounds concession 9 pounds adult and leave 3.75 for a cuppa English Breakfast tea and banana date cake in the courtyard under a blue sky.