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Sarah Lucas — Beer can penis
Sarah Lucas

Beer can penis

1999

A bronze cast of a beer can fashioned into a phallic form, this work by Sarah Lucas merges the mundane with the provocative in her characteristically blunt manner. The weighty permanence of the bronze material contrasts with the disposability of its everyday source object, elevating a crude, throwaway gesture into something monumental. Lucas continues her ongoing interrogation of gender, sexuality, and British working-class culture through this deadpan yet confrontational sculpture.

Medium
bronze

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Sarah Lucas, Beer can penis, 1999

A bronze cast of a beer can fashioned into a phallic form, this work by Sarah Lucas merges the mundane with the provocative in her characteristically blunt manner. The weighty permanence of the bronze material contrasts with the disposability of its everyday source object, elevating a crude, throwaway gesture into something monumental. Lucas continues her ongoing interrogation of gender, sexuality, and British working-class culture through this deadpan yet confrontational sculpture.

Medium
bronze
Year
1999
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Sculpture, Tracey Emin YBAs, Phallic Imagery, Bronze, YBA, Feminist Art, Sculpture, Taboo Subject, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Humorous Tone, Turner Prize Nominee, Provocative, Sexual Symbolism, Female Artist, Provocateur, Figurative, Humorous, Bronze Casting, Dark Humor

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