Sarah Lucas | Tits in Space (2009)

Sarah Lucas | Tits in Space (2009)[[specs start]] Wallpaper with flexographic print in 4 special (spot colours) on D5 NIP Cresta paper, 160gsm 52 cm x 1000 cm [20. 488 x 394 inches] Edition of 185 wallpaper rolls, accompanied by signed and numbered certificate and hanging instructions. [[specs end]] [[work start]] About the work Produced on the occasion of Passports: Great Early Buys from the British Council Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery, 2009, artist Sarah Lucas has created a

[[specs start]]

Wallpaper with flexographic print in 4 special (spot colours) on D5 NIP Cresta paper, 160gsm
52 cm x 1000 cm [20.488 x 394 inches]
Edition of 185 wallpaper rolls, accompanied by signed and numbered certificate and hanging instructions.

[[specs end]]

[[work start]] 

About the work

Produced on the occasion of Passports: Great Early Buys from the British Council Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery, 2009, artist Sarah Lucas has created a special limited edition of her iconic wallpaper Tits in Space (2000). Her original Tits in Space wallpaper showed a design of cigarette orbs, repeated on a black background. It was first used as the backdrop to a solo exhibition of her work, The Fag Show, at Sadie Coles HQ, London in 2000, her use of cigarettes has been a recurring motif throughout her early work.

[[work end]]

[[artist start]]

About the artist

Sarah Lucas rose to fame in the early 1990s as a key figure in a generation of 'Young British Artists'. Her work explores multiple aspects of popular culture, expressed through a variety of media and characterised by its bold, defiant approach.

[[artist end]]

[[exhibitions start]]

Selected exhibition

Lucas has exhibted at White Cube, London; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; The Freud Museum, London and Tate Modern, London. Lucas' work has also been shown in group exhibitions worldwide, including but not limited to, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musèe National d'Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris; Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Tate Modern, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery, London and Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona Spain.

[[exhibitions end]]

Whitechapel Gallery editions are generously donated by the artists. All proceeds from the sale of these works directly support our exhibition and education programmes. As is traditional in editions publishing, prices will rise as an edition starts to sell out. 

For UK Customers, VAT is included in the price shown.