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"I decided to hang the exhibition mainly on chairs…" she says, before adding, "much in the same way I hang sculptures on chairs." That's the artist's introduction to 'Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas', a survey of the 35-year career of the English artist's work at Tate Britain, London. Her words barely explain a show of cocky, irreverent works that challenge gender-stereotyping with sometimes subtle, at times exaggerated innuendo. And she's right, with over 75 pieces on display, there are a lot of chairs in this show - and all are used to effect. Lucas says that chairs add mood and meaning to her sculptures; they are integral as props to seat her instantly recognisable, uninhibited headless figures, dating from 1997 to 2023. HAPPY GAS, a reference to nitrous oxide (about to be made illegal to buy in Britain) and a nod to anti-social behaviour, is exhibited in four large galleries, which gives space to large-scale works. The exhibition is narrat ....
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