Sarah Lucas

Sarah Lucas emerged in the early 1990s as part of the Young British Artists generation, gaining notoriety for her bawdy and irreverent sculptures.Often utilizing found objects, Lucas provokes viewers with works that challenge our notions of sex, gender, and the human body. Featuring eight essays and an interview with the artist, this volume reveals the breadth and complexity of Lucas's work in collage, photography, and sculpture over the past three decades.Lucas is one of the most important living British artists, having emerged along with artists including Damien Hirst and Angus Fairhurst in the early 1990s - She represented Britain at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 and has had solo exhibitions at Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, and the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, among others - The book accompanies a major survey exhibition at the New Museum, New York, her largest solo exhibition to date, opening October 2018 - High-profile international art historians, critics, and artists contribute essays offering new perspectives on Lucas's work and contextualizing her work within contemporary art and sculpture - Lucas is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London, and Gladstone Gallery, New York