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Sarah Lucas

Happy Gas
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Sarah Lucas is a compelling exploration of the works and influence of British contemporary artist Sarah Lucas. Known for her provocative installations and photography, the book delves into her unique approach to challenging societal norms, especially around gender and sexuality. Through rich illustrations and insightful commentary, readers are invited to engage with the transformative impact of her artistic vision.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in contemporary British art and are drawn to exploring thought-provoking and challenging works. It's a compelling insight into the creative world and provocative installations of a renowned artist, offering an engaging look at the thematic elements and artistic evolution that define her influential career.

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Sarah Lucas is an internationally celebrated artist known for the provocative use of materials and imagery in her work. Incorporating ordinary objects in unexpected ways, she has consistently challenged our understandings of sex, class, and gender over the last four decades.

Looking beyond the generation of 1990s Young British Artists during which Lucas emerged, this visually stunning exhibition book invites the public to marvel at the diversity of her work across sculpture, installation, and photography.

Featuring an artist interview with Louisa Buck, new texts by writers Lauren Elkin and Nathalie Olah, and a new poem by the artist Cerith Wyn Evans, Happy Gas is a brash, tender, and boundary-breaking exploration of what makes us human.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849768535

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tate Publishing

Contributors:

  • Edited by Dominique Heyse-Moore
  • With Louisa Buck
  • With Nathalie Olah
  • With Lauren Elkin
  • With Amy Emmerson Martin
  • Contributions by Louisa Buck
  • Contributions by Nathalie Olah
  • Contributions by Amy Emmerson Martin
  • Contributions by Lauren Elkin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Dominique Heyse-Moore is Senior Curator, Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain. Louisa Buck is a writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. Lauren Elkin is a writer and translator, most recently the author of No. 91/92: a diary of a year on the bus and the UK translator of Simone de Beauvoir's previously unpublished novel The Inseparables. FlΓ’neuse: Women Walk the City was a finalist for the 2018 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a Notable Books of 2017, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, and a best book of 2016 by the Guardian, the Financial Times, the New Statesman, and the Observer. It is being translated into nine languages. Amy Emmerson Martin is Contemporary Curator at the National Portrait Gallery. Prior to this, she was Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art at Tate and focused on the museum’s exhibitions, collection displays, and acquisitions. She was the Co-Curator of Turner Prize 2024 and curator of Art Now programming, including Steph Huang, Zeinab Saleh and Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings. Amy worked in the curatorial department at Tate Modern where she curated displays of the work of international artists including Patricia Belli and Sharon Hayes and was part of the curatorial team responsible for displays centred on the sculpture of Jimmie Durham, the video installation of Shirin Neshat and the textile installation of Cecilia VicuΓ±a. She holds a BA in Art History and an MA in Art History, both from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Nathalie Olah is an author with an interest in class and propaganda. Her books include Bad Taste (Dialogue Books, 2023) an exploration of the intersection between consumerism, class, desire and power; Look Again: Class (Tate Publishing, 2021) and Steal As Much As You Can (Repeater Books, 2019). Her writing has been published widely in periodicals including ArtReview, The Guardian, Tribune, Jacobin and The Times Literary Supplement.

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