Grotesque Femininity Sarah Lucas: Stretching the Boundaries of Feminism

Roisin Dorothy Aoife Stimpson
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Sculpture
Country: Britain
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is an exploration of the influence of Feminism in the works of the contmeporary British artist Sarah Lucas. The author links her work to Surrealist art discources and practices of the 1930s. The dissertation examines the trends in British art since the 1980s and discusses shock factor of Post-Modern art. The author asserts that this is not the primary intention of Lucas. Lucas’ sculpture and installation work is discussed, her love of ‘anti-beauty’ and the implications of a misogynistic woman. The dissertation then dabates Lucas’ position as a feminist artist, and analyses Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab in terms of its Feminist properties and iconic types. The final chapter discusses Lucas’ eye for the grotesque and its implications in feminist art. The author finally asserts that Lucas is Post-Feminist rather than Feminist.

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Grotesque Femininity Sarah Lucas: Stretching the Boundaries of Feminism