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Lobster artist Philip Colbert: ‘There is nothing more unattractive than pretentiousness’
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British artist Philip Colbert's 12m-tall inflatable lobster is displayed at Clifford Square, next to The Fullerton Bay Hotel.
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SINGAPORE – British pop artist Philip Colbert, known even among his friends as “the lobster man”, came across his first lobster by a Scottish seaside when he was eight.
It was a Damascene moment, one that fired his imagination and began the obsession with the crustacean that has made his career.
