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Photographs, Julian Simmons. 6 prints, each approx. 240 x 160 cm.
TIT-CHAIR PORTRAIT, 2012
SQUAB SQUAW, 2010
TITTIPUSSIDAD PORTRAITS x 4, inc Sarah’s Feet, 2013.
Printed by myself on off-white heavyweight paper, dead-matt finish, with full-strength carbon-black pigment. Supplied as rolled wallpaper in 3 vertical strips for direct pasting onto a wall or canvas mounting.
Shown as part of Sarah Lucas: SITUATION Absolute Beach Man Rubble, 2 October – 15 December 2013, Whitechapel Gallery, London.
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Left: portrait of Sarah Lucas, p.384 of TITTIPUSSIDAD
also available as a limited edition framed colour photographic print.
SITUATION Absolute Beach Man Rubble, October 2 – December 15, 2013. Whitechapel Gallery.
‘Hidden behind a wall of larger than life images of the head of a penis, there is another tiny exhibition within an exhibition. A series of recent photos of Lucas hung without adornment in a functional corridor; creating a separate space, occupying a non-place, behind the riot of sex, colour, and aggression evident elsewhere. Here, the only thing to see is the artist herself. She is relaxed, at ease, happy. With no pretence, they are candid snapshots of the artist as a person.
So why are they there?
And this is why the photos of Lucas, the photos of Lucas as she is now, are hanging hidden behind the main body of the show; and probably why this is her first retrospective. She is acknowledging the past and the popularity of her pieces but wants to show that she has moved on. Sure, she is saying, enjoy the past, but I am still here, still working: the world has changed, I have changed. This show is a blending of the definite past and the more tentative present; whether successful or not is uncertain. It’s a dual layered affair and it is quite possible, with a shift of visual perspective, to see two exhibitions in the one space. But throughout it all is Lucas, her photos, and the promise that more is to come.’ Lisa Donovan.