Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas

Sarah Lucas, one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, is set to have a major exhibition at Tate Britain. The exhibition features over 75 works spanning four decades and explores key themes in Lucas’ work, such as the human body, mortality, sex, class, and gender.

Lucas’ work is often made from everyday objects, such as furniture and stuffed tights. Her sculptures are filled with bold character and have been praised for their humour and their ability to challenge social norms.

The survey of Sarah’s artistic practice will focus mainly on seated figures: “I decided to hang the exhibition mainly on chairs. Much in the same way that I hang sculptures onto chairs.” There will also be works from the beginning of her career made from stuffed tights, such as The Old Couple (1992), Mumum (2012), and Bunny (1997), as well as new-era pieces that embrace materiality and are made from cast bronze and resin, including Eames Chair (2015), Kevin (2013), and Florian (2013). Amidst the sculptures, the exhibition presents large-scale photographs, featuring portraits such as Eating a Banana (1990) and Red Sky (2018).

The retrospective of Sarah Lucas’s artistic career reveals the artist’s journey and the development of her creative vision expressed through her works. For further information, please visit Tate’s official website.