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Sarah Lucas

born 1962

Inferno 2000
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Modern and Contemporary British Art

Biography

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.

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Feminist art Abject art Young British Artists (YBAs)

Artworks

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  • Sod You Gits

    Sarah Lucas
    1991
  • Seven Up

    Sarah Lucas
    1991
  • We Score Every Night

    Sarah Lucas
    1992
  • Shine On

    Sarah Lucas
    1991
  • Is Suicide Genetic?

    Sarah Lucas
    1996
  • Chicken Knickers

    Sarah Lucas
    1997
  • Black and White Bunny # 1

    Sarah Lucas
    1997
  • Black and White Bunny # 2

    Sarah Lucas
    1997
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Artist as subject

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  • Human Toilet Revisited

    Sarah Lucas
    1998
  • Eating a Banana

    Sarah Lucas
    1990
  • Divine

    Sarah Lucas
    1991
  • Self Portrait with Mug of Tea

    Sarah Lucas
    1993
  • Self Portrait with Knickers

    Sarah Lucas
    1994
  • Self Portrait with Fried Eggs

    Sarah Lucas
    1996
  • Human Toilet II

    Sarah Lucas
    1996
  • Fighting Fire with Fire

    Sarah Lucas
    1996
  • Self Portrait with Skull

    Sarah Lucas
    1997
  • Got a Salmon On #3

    Sarah Lucas
    1997
  • Summer

    Sarah Lucas
    1998
  • Smoking

    Sarah Lucas
    1998
  • Human Toilet Revisited

    Sarah Lucas
    1998

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  • Podcast

    Walks of art: Grace Dent on the YBAs and Shoreditch

  • TateShots

    An introduction to Sarah Lucas

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    Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas

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    Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas Test

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