kurimanzutto celebrates the exhibition Sarah Lucas: Good Muse at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.

Sarah Lucas has gained notoriety for creating sculptures and installations that evidence the prejudices and stereotyped preconceptions we have of gender and sexuality. From the beginning, she has used self-portraiture to discredit conservative notions of femininity, adopting postures associated with male behavior that intentionally foster sexual ambiguity.

At the same time, the British artist's inclination to androgyny has also leaked into her sculpture, molding bodies that evoke both masculine and feminine attitudes as well as their attributes and which deny at the same time any association with them. This exhibition, which can be seen in conjunction with the exhibition Auguste Rodin: The Centenary Installation, will be part of the commemoration of the centenary of the death of one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century.

This is why the Legion of Honor of San Francisco invited Lucas to bring a contemporary perspective to our understanding and appreciation of Auguste Rodin. Purposefully confrontational in its allusions to sexual acts, both verbal and physical, her work highlights Rodin’s erotic side, albeit confronting his idealizing male gaze with work that takes a demonstrative stance against female objectification and for the empowerment of woman.