Sarah Lucas, renowned YBA from the early 1990s, has a major show at Tate Britain. She seems as interested as ever in gender, sex, naughty bits and things that wobble. Her famous leggy figures made from fabrics now find form in concrete and metal. The pieces are witty and thought-provoking.

It’s always interesting to see how contemporary artists evolve. Sarah Lucas shows us that she’s still concerned with the same subjects but has updated her interpretation. Back in the ’90s she made the use of old, battered material cool. She reduced gender identities to simple interpretations of genitalia presenting the sculptures with confidence and wit.

Yes, there are still a great many sculptures made from bits of fabric but they’ve also been reinterpreted in shiny metal and dowdy concrete. The results are beguiling.

Those pesky cigarettes are everywhere too. In fact, the car (half) looks rather smart with the neatly ranged fags over the bodywork. And yes, there are cigarette shaped breasts and male bits for good measure.

The piece I liked best was the concrete sculpture of a giant marrow (grown by the artist’s mother) and various other huge veg.

The show is on at Tate Britian until 14th January 2024.

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