Sarah Lucas (born 1962) is an English artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged in 1988. Her works frequently employ visual puns and bawdy humour by incorporating photography, sculpture, collage and found objects.
Drawing inspiration from art history, Lucas cleverly incorporates toilet bowls, reminiscent of Duchamp’s iconic urinal, into her works – a seamless integration of the ready-made concept.
Intriguingly, her figures remain headless, with only the artist’s face appearing repeatedly through a sequence of captivating self-portraits. Stained mattresses and furniture act as unique plinths, juxtaposed against surreal domestic wallpapers.
31 August 2014 • Staff
Pace London’s summer group show is curated around the theme of food. Flavoured with humour and a pinch of salt, the theme is a blatant response to the explosion of food imagery in social media, television and publishing.
9 June 2014 • Mark Westall
The Threadneedle Prize has just announced the eight artists that have been selected
8 April 2014 • Mark Westall
Sarah Lucas Furniture Launches at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano
14 March 2014 • Mark Westall
Idris Khan Gillian-Wearing Wolfgang Tillmans Art on the Underground is set to launch its first ever pop-up retail space at… Read More
9 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Nature Morte : Contemporary artists reinvigorate the Still-Life tradition is a daring, convincing and completely on-point collection of modern still-life that features both canonical and lesser-known artists alongside several that have recently exhibited in London; Sarah Lucas, Clare Tworney and Robert Gober.
4 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Racy imagery, tongue-in-cheek euphemisms, feminist interpretations and breath-taking sexualistion of everyday objects in Lucas’ work, is all brought together in a stunning retrospective of her entire collection, enabling “Situation” to bring something to the table for every visitor.
14 June 2013 • VC Maurer
The book includes an exploration of the concept of Future Feminism, asking how we can move forward and unite different voices and generations to create an inspiring dialogue.
28 May 2013 • Mark Westall
Flesh Reality is the debut exhibition at Point Zero project space. Curated by Point Zero and guest curator Eiko Honda.
Flesh Reality explores the human relationship with the body
19 May 2013 • Mark Westall
A fully paid-up member of the rowdy YBA generation in the 90s, the artist made his name with his household gloss-painted life-size door paintings. On the eve of a solo show at Tate Britain, he talks about his agent Jay Jopling, his farm in upstate New York – and why he now confines his excesses to the studio
9 May 2013 • Mark Westall
The posters will go up in June on prominent sites at four central London stations.
19 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Exhibition to feature James Richards, Ed Atkins and Helen Marten, as well as better-known names including Sarah Lucas
8 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Major Exhibition Featuring Over Seventy-Five Artists Examines Works Made or Exhibited in New York City Twenty Years Ago
13 December 2012 • Mark Westall
How will they fit them all in ?
30 November 2012 • Mark Westall
WIN: About Freedom Not Genius a book about Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection.
27 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Other artists participating in ‘AKA Peace’ include Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Jeremy Deller, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Gavin Turk, Stuart Semple, Sarah Lucas and Sam Taylor-Wood.
30 August 2012 • Mark Westall
It will include around 200 drawings dating from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day by both established and emerging sculptors.
20 August 2012 • Mark Westall
Free, booking required An impromptu and informal screening of Energy Dairies in honour of Franz West, introduced by Sarah Lucas… Read More
18 January 2012 • Mark Westall
It’s going to be a big year for Gary Hume. Not bad going for an artist whose creative bursts don’t last long.
18 September 2011 • Mark Westall
Image:IDENTITY VII Whitney McVeigh, 2011 Ink on paper 28 x 28cm 21st – 27th September Launch and Private View 21st… Read More
15 June 2011 • Mark Westall
In this video we take a stroll through Art Basel 2011 where we see works by artists such as Junya… Read More
3 January 2011 • Mark Westall
The Save the Arts campaign is organised by the London branch of the Turning Point Network, a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.
7 June 2010 • Mark Westall
Gasp, cringe, or have a sly chuckle: Rude Britannia will certainly cause a reaction. See politicians brought down to size and the great and the good exposed; blush at the saucy postcards and laugh out loud at the slapstick fun – but watch out for that banana skin!
