About The Work
Although she was first associated with the punkish Young British Artists of the 1990s, Lucas's sculptures and photographs also engage the legacy of Surrealism by cleverly transforming found objects and everyday materials like cigarettes, fruits, and vegetables into absurd and confrontational tableaux that address subjects like death, sex, gender, and religion. The human body and anthropomorphic forms recur throughout Lucas's works, often appearing erotic, humorous, or fragmented. Whether in her soft sculptures-such as her stuffed-stocking works or in her photographic self-portraits, Lucas's works take on ambiguity and paradox and defy stereotypical representations of gender with distinct irreverence and wit. For the New Museum's anniversary, Lucas has created a special edition, Eating a Banana (Revisited) (1990-2017), which returns to an early self -portrait, never printed, that shared a contact sheet with her first self-portrait, the now- iconic Eating a Banana (1990).
Courtesy of Carolina Nitsch
About Sarah Lucas
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Photograph
Giclée prirnt
Unframed
36.00 x 48.00 in
91.4 x 121.9 cm
Signed and numbered verso on label
About The Work
Although she was first associated with the punkish Young British Artists of the 1990s, Lucas's sculptures and photographs also engage the legacy of Surrealism by cleverly transforming found objects and everyday materials like cigarettes, fruits, and vegetables into absurd and confrontational tableaux that address subjects like death, sex, gender, and religion. The human body and anthropomorphic forms recur throughout Lucas's works, often appearing erotic, humorous, or fragmented. Whether in her soft sculptures-such as her stuffed-stocking works or in her photographic self-portraits, Lucas's works take on ambiguity and paradox and defy stereotypical representations of gender with distinct irreverence and wit. For the New Museum's anniversary, Lucas has created a special edition, Eating a Banana (Revisited) (1990-2017), which returns to an early self -portrait, never printed, that shared a contact sheet with her first self-portrait, the now- iconic Eating a Banana (1990).
Courtesy of Carolina Nitsch
About Sarah Lucas
From The Magazine
- Art 101: "What I'd Buy This November '19": Artspace's Advisor Shares the Artworks in Her Cart
- Art 101: The 'Vitamin T' List: 113 Artists on the Cutting-Edge of Textile Art
- News & Events: Our List of 2018's Most Talked About Artists
- News & Events: 8 Artists to Watch in October 2018
- Art 101: "What I'd Buy This October": Artspace's Advisor Hannah Parker Shares the Artworks in Her Cart
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