Subversive British Artist Sarah Lucas Shows that 'Sex is in Everything'

‘Well, it still surprises me how squeamish people are about the penis – in public anyway. Quite a different attitude than the one towards tits. There’s no substitute for genitalia in terms of meaningfulness and a bit of edge. As Freud and Andrea Dworkin and many others have found, sex is in everything.’ Sarah Lucas, interview in Exberliner, 2021.⁠⁠

Collector Alexander Petalas has opened a solo exhibition of works by the subversive British artist Sarah Lucas (b.1962) at his private art museum in London, The Perimeter. The show runs until 18 December 2021. ⁠⁠

Titled, SEX LIFE and supported by Lucas’ long-standing gallerist Sadie Coles, the show follows an array of international solo exhibitions at prestigious institutions including National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2021); CFA Berlin, Berlin and Le Consortium, Dijon (2020); Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2019).⁠⁠

Since its conception in 2016, The Perimeter has hosted impeccably curated solo exhibitions of in-demand artists such as Ron Nagle and Carmen Herrera. A Group exhibition called ’Citizens of Memory’​ curated by Aindrea Emelife earlier this year, featuring artists such as Tunji Adeniyi-Jones and Walter Price, was a hot ticket during London’s inaugural Gallery Weekend.⁠⁠

Main image: Exhibition view: Sarah Lucas, SEX LIFE, The Perimeter, London (2021). Courtesy The Perimeter. Photo: Andy Stagg.⁠⁠