Consider the lobsters. Favoured by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (who thought them rather sexy), these crustaceans shed their shells to grow, emerging from their old exoskeletons bigger than before. That’s part of their appeal for Scottish pop artist Philip Colbert. “I love that the symbol of the lobster is also a symbol of rebirth,” he tells me.
Rebirth connotations make Colbert’s lobsters a neat choice for a takeover of Borough Yards. These Victorian railway arches were regenerated in 2022 by architecture studio SPARCC and real estate investors MARK to create a retail and dining destination near London Bridge.
