
Beautiness
1999
Sarah Lucas's 1999 chromogenic print titled Beautiness explores themes of identity and representation through bold, contemporary visual language. The work employs photographic techniques to challenge conventional notions of beauty and aesthetic standards. Lucas's piece is characteristic of her provocative approach to contemporary art practice.
- Medium
- chromogenic print
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
(Women) Artists
March 10, 2023
Estimate: $7,000 to $10,000
Lot 35
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Cindy Sherman
American · b. 1954

Sherman's photographic self-portraits similarly challenge conventional beauty standards and feminine identity through staged chromogenic prints, using the body and gaze as tools of critical inquiry into representation and aesthetics.

Tracey Emin
British · b. 1963

As a fellow YBA artist, Emin creates similarly confrontational and autobiographical works that interrogate identity, the female body, and societal norms with a raw and provocative contemporary sensibility.

Nan Goldin
American · b. 1953

Goldin's chromogenic photographic portraits share Lucas's unflinching examination of identity and the human body, presenting subjects with bold directness that subverts traditional standards of beauty and representation.
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