Divine
1999
from the Self-portraits 1990-1998 portfolio 1999
Medium
inkjet and colour inkjet print
Measurements
55.0 × 68.5 cm (image) 56.7 × 76.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2005
© Sarah Lucas. Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Sarah Lucas exhibited in the notorious 1988 Freeze exhibition in London and emerged in the 1990s as one of the major Young British Artists (YBAs). Working in sculpture, installation and photography, her works challenge sexual stereotyping and make use of the ready-made, ribald humour and a deadpan, style-less presentation. Lucas’s photographic self-portraits continue her agenda of critique and her interest in the construction and manipulation of the persona of the artist. In 1999 she reissued as digital prints twelve self-portrait photographs that play with the codes of gender representation and processes of celebrity-construction.
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 43/150
Printing/Publishing
printed by Flash, London; published by Sadie Coles HQ, London
Accession Number
2005.505.2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest