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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent

Now that is surreal … famous Dalí sculptures to hit streets of English market town

Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot in 1965.
Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot in 1965. Photograph: Library of Congress/Roger Higgins

A melting watch; a telephone receiver that is really a lobster: the art of surrealism is all about such unlikely juxtapositions. So how about putting the original work of Salvador Dalí , the great Spanish artist who created these famous, bizarre images, on the pavements of Shrewsbury this summer, alongside its standard-issue pillar boxes and lamp-posts?

This weekend, the organisers of an ambitious arts trail in the Shropshire town are celebrating an unexpected coup. Three pieces made by Dalí are to play a starring role in this year’s trail – making their British debuts.

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