Art Craziest Nation

• Introduction
• Hirst's Shark Tank
• Hirst's Butterfly Paintings
• Whiteread's Room
• Chapmans' Dead Guys
• Quinn's Blood Head
• Emin's Bed
• Beuys' Sleighs
• Kiefer's Bookshelves
• Kiefer's Winged Book
• Catellan's Hanging Horse
• Catellan's Tree
• Judd's Blocks
• Flavin's Blue Light
• Flavin's Yellow Light
• Andre's Bricks
• Andre's Squares
• Warhol's Money
• Dali's Lobster Phone
• Klein's Torso
• Klein's Sponges
• Koons' Balls
• Craig-Martin's Tree

Featured artists

• Gilbert & George
• Grayson Perry
• Chris Ofili
• Sam Taylor-Wood
• Gavin Turk
• Damien Hirst
• Dinos and Jake Chapman
• Tracey Emin
• Michael Craig-Martin
• Marc Quinn
• Rachael Whiteread
• Matthew Barney
• Fiona Banner
• Anya Gallaccio
• Michael Landy
• The Little Artists
• Conrad Shawcross
• Keith Tyson
• Mat Collishaw
• David Hancock
• Simon Patterson
• Mark Wallinger

Artworld luminaries and special guests

• Julia Peyton-Jones
• Victoria Miro
• Larry Gagosian
• Jay Jopling
• Matthew Collings
• Brian Sewell
• Sarah Kent
• Loyd Grossman
• Ann Bukantas
• Justina Heslop
• Rafael Benitez
• Steven Gerrard

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Art Craziest Nation was at the Walker Art Gallery from 20 August 2005 - 29 January 2006.

Dali's Lobster Phone

Salvador Dali's 'Lobster Telephone' (1936) is one of the most iconic works of the surrealist movement. Fully functional, the telephones were commissioned for the home of collector Edward James.

External Links

• 'Lobster Telephone', National Gallery of Australia
• 'Lobster Telephone', Tate Collection
• I'm sorry I don't speak surrealist - Guardian Unlimited
• White 'Aphrodisiac Telephone', The Minneapolis Institute of Arts