Who's that girl? ... Sarah Lucas's Self-Portrait with Fried Eggs
As the Young British Artists who became famous in the 1990s settle into middle age, it is becoming clearer whose art will last. Lucas is a brilliant sculptor. Her imagination and dark humour transform the mundane into the suggestive and the suggestive into art. This “Self-Portrait” is a subtle joke (honest). Who is she? How is anyone “portrayed” here? Does anyone see beyond the fried eggs? Illustration: Photograph: PA
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