More of this story Jul 3, 2008
Courtyard Society of Painters and Sculptures will present "Summertime," at Courtyard Gallery at Factory Square, 12 Water St. Del-Bourree Bach, Dennis Sirrine and Sarah Lucas will greet visitors. The event is free and open to the public. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Girlz on the hood Jun 24, 2008
Lots of artists have worked with cars - from the French artist C;sar to Gustav Metzger, from Sarah Lucas to Gabriel Orozco to Joseph Beuys. There's another automobile-cum-altar in the centre of another room in this show, and a real Buick 1987 Regal, whose entire body has been covered in a vinyl wrapping of images of hot young babes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
YBA greats reunited for Freeze's 20th anniversary Jun 18, 2008
Damien Hirst's first ever work in formaldehyde, an untitled piece featuring a fish, will grace the show, which also boasts material from Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Anya Gallaccio, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae. Two works are from the original Freeze event: a piece of the molten lead poured on to the warehouse floor by Anya Gallaccio, and an untitled Stephen Park drawing. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Ghosts of childhood past May 10, 2008
While the work of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas screamed for attention, Whiteread's tended to whisper - despite its scale. It also caused huge controversy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Angus Fairhurst, 41, British artist Apr 7, 2008
Born in 1966 in Penbury in southern England, Mr. Fairhurst studied at Goldsmiths College in London in the 1980s, where his contemporaries included Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, and Sarah Lucas. They and their work, first shown in the 1988 exhibition "Freeze," were central to the group of provocative and playful young artists dubbed the "Young British Artists.". (Boston Globe)
Angus Fairhurst: the brains behind the Young British Artists Apr 2, 2008
The art world is stunned by the news of his death, though very close friends such as Sarah Lucas, apparently, knew only too well that behind the mask of the joker there were dark recesses of despair. And he was a very meticulous person, Collishaw says. (Times Online)
Britart founder Angus Fairhurst found hanged Apr 1, 2008
Angus Fairhurst [right] with his old friends Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas at an exhibition in 2004 ... The group, now mostly in their 40s, included Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Tracey Emin. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Artist Angus Fairhurst dead at 41 Apr 1, 2008
Fairhurst (right) with Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas at their collaborative show In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in 2004 ... Hirst and Fairhurst remained friends and exhibited, together with Sarah Lucas, at Tate Britain in 2004 in a show called In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
British artist Angus Fairhurst commits suicide Apr 1, 2008
Contemporary artists Damien Hurst, left, Sarah Lucas, center, and Angus Fairhurst in London in 2006 ... Born in 1966 in Penbury, southern England, Fairhurst studied at Londons Goldsmiths College in the 1980s, where his contemporaries included Damien Hirst, Gary Hume and Sarah Lucas. (MSNBC -- News)
Hirst pays tribute to late artist Apr 1, 2008
Fairhurst (r) studied with Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas ... Born in Pembury, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, he studied art at London's Goldsmiths College in the 1980s, where he formed a lasting friendship and artistic collaboration with Hirst and their fellow student Sarah Lucas. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Emin pays £4m to save art district Mar 2, 2008
Emin, who still lives near by, first moved into this part of east London with fellow artist Sarah Lucas. We had a shop at the end of Brick Lane in 1982,' she recalls. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Laugh? You must be joking Jan 29, 2008
Almost none of the best artists in the field are here - no Maurizio Cattelan, no Eric van Lieshout, no Elmgreen et, no Paul Noble, no Irwin Wurm, no Sarah Lucas. No Bill Viola, and he's always good for a laugh. (Guardian Unlimited)
Cloverfield is a Cant Miss film Jan 21, 2008
That may have been Sarah Lucas first instinct after the 75-year-old resident of rural Vermont lost her husband, Charles, because of an injury during a tough winter. Instead, Sarah recalled her days growing up during the Depression, when her parents took in boarders and shared what they had. (MSNBC -- News)
Craig-Martin, Who Taught Damien Hirst, Makes Comeback in Solo Show at 66 Dec 7, 2007
London has been his home for over four decades, with two stints at Goldsmiths College between 1974 and 2000, where he also taught Gary Hume and Sarah Lucas. Ultimately, though, Craig-Martin needs to feel that he's an outsider. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Damien who? Will Hirst stand the test of time? Nov 25, 2007
Art lovers in 2112 will not, apparently, be flocking to see Tracey Emin, the Chapman Brothers, Sarah Lucas or Gilbert and George. Instead, the museums of the future will be packing in the crowds with exhibitions of Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois and, believe it or not, Yoko Ono. (Independent)
Immodest proposals Oct 13, 2007
When it comes to the work of Hannah Wilke, Francesca Woodman, Helen Chadwick, Jo Spence, Joyce Gunn-Cairns, Lucy Jones, Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin, Elinor Carucci, Jemima Stehli, Joan Semmel and Alexa Wright, the artist's body is not just another subject among many. To list such work as naked portraiture is to maroon it in a lesser genre. (Guardian Unlimited)
Germaine Greer Oct 8, 2007
He has never explained why some of our most distinguished artists - David Hockney, Anthony Caro or Peter Blake as well as Sarah Lucas, Jenny Saville or Marc Quinn - have never featured on the shortlist. There is every possibility that an un-Turner prize, for which the only qualification for candidates would be that they had never been shortlisted, would be more interesting and more fun, and heaven knows it could easily be worth more money, than the Turner prize itself. (Guardian Unlimited)
In London, upstart art fairs share the calendar with a blockbuster Oct 3, 2007
Now heading into its fifth year, the Frieze Art Fair in London is an irresistible mix of art, commerce and glamour, and has quickly made a reputation for itself as an international showcase for some of the best contemporary art, including works from renowned artists like Damien Hirst, Richard Prince and Sarah Lucas. It has also provided a platform for jaw-dropping sales and deals, and is reported to generate sales in the area of $200 million. (International Herald Tribune)
Its Turner Prize time again Sep 29, 2007
Rumour has it that Cerith Wyn Evans and Sarah Lucas also said no.. There may be many more: a Tate spokesperson will only say, There have been a very small number of examples in the prizes history where someone has felt that they could not commit to being on the Turner Prize shortlist. (Financial Times)
In a Berlin war bunker, Christian Boros creates a showcase for art Jun 12, 2007
He followed with pieces by Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst. He has several pieces by the Berlin-based sculptor Olafur Eliasson, and Casper made sure to knock out the ceilings on two floors in order to make a three-story showing space for the Dane's "Ventilator" sculpture, which features an electrical fan swinging around recklessly from a wire attached to the ceiling. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Whose art is it anyway? Jun 11, 2007
Sarah Lucas and Douglas Gordon have teamed up with international colleagues including the French star Jean-Mark Bustamente for The Hamsterwheel project, which claims to bring together "artists whose work is connected in some cryptic way". And that is even before you embark on a tour of the national pavilions for the 77 countries - a record - officially participating in the Biennale. (Scotsman)
Modern art by the shedload in DIY tycoon's space Mar 24, 2007
Later, although he missed the boat for the early work of Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, et al, he started to acquire contemporary art voraciously. For the past few years he has been buying Chinese work, currently super fashionable. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
