Lobsters and Eternity
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The lobster is an old symbol of luxury and extravagance, featuring in everything from grand 17th century paintings to Lady Gaga’s hat. The lobster can be traced through art and history, in cartoons and on high-end menus. But where does a lobster end? And where does a person begin?
About
Simon Ekström
Simon Ekström is a professor and ethnology lecturer at the Stockholm University Centre for Maritime Studies, and he has written a Swedish book on “Lobsters and Eternity: Culture-Historical Essays on Consumption, Desire and Death”. He visits The Nordic Watercolour Museum on 7 May to talk more (in Swedish) about his research into contexts where lobsters have featured prominently in widely varying historical and contemporary projects.
A part of
Sommarstart
The museum welcomes the great and varied fauna of art! We celebrate with a grand opening that has something for everyone. Discover botany, listen to birdsong, learn things you never knew about lobsters, paint a clump of bladder wrack, or talk about leopards. Summer begins on Sunday 7 May at The Nordic Watercolour Museum!
Program 7 May