Though Salvador Dali wasn't allowed to explode giraffes in his pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair, he still created a prototype of avant-garde art installations. Called "The Dream of Venus," the exhibit featured a giant fish head at the entrance. Inside, visitors were greeted by a topless Venus sprawled on a bed under a canopy of umbrellas and rubber phones. Her "dream" comprised dances performed by females clad in bikinis comprising real lobsters. The cavorting included mermaids at the bottom of a water-filled tank who played with a rubber female figurine painted like a piano.